Shambhala imprint: 827 books
Knowing Woman
A Feminine Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 1997
In this classic work, a noted Jungian analyst explores the division of the human psyche into masculine and feminine. Characteristic of feminine consciousness, she writes, is diffuse awareness, which recognizes the unity of all life and promotes acceptance and relationship. The masculine attitude is...
The Wilds of Poetry
Adventures in Mind and Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
An exploration of the emerging Western consciousness of how deeply we belong to the wild Cosmos, as seen through the lineage of modern America's great avant-garde poets --a thrilling journey with today's premier translator of the Chinese classics.
Henry David Thoreau, in The Maine Woods, describes...
You Have to Say Something
Manifesting Zen Insight
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2000
Dainin Katagiri (1928–1990) was a central figure in the transmission of Zen in America. His first book, Returning to Silence, emphasized the need to return to our original, enlightened state of being, and became one of the classics of Zen in America. In You Have to Say Something, selections from...
Graceful Exits
How Great Beings Die
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Death is a subject obscured by fear and denial. When we do think of dying, we are more often concerned with how to avoid the pain and suffering that may accompany our death than we are with really confronting the meaning of death and how to approach it. Sushila Blackman places death—and life—in...
Invoking Reality
Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2007
There is a common misconception that to practice Zen is to practice meditation and nothing else. In truth, traditionally, the practice of meditation goes hand-in-hand with moral conduct. In Invoking Reality, John Daido Loori, one of the leading Zen teachers in America today, presents and explains...
Cold Mountain Poems
Zen Poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
The incomparable poetry of Han Shan (Cold Mountain) and his sidekick Shih Te, the rebel poets who became icons of Chinese poetry and Zen, has long captured the imagination of poetry lovers and Zen aficionados. Popularized in the West by Beat Generation writers Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac, these legendary...
The Book of Mystical Chapters
Meditations on the Soul's Ascent, from the Desert Fathers and Other Early Christ ian Contemplatives
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2003
The early Christian monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine were the spiritual heroes of their age—fleeing the security of civilization for the desert, where they sought God in lives of prayer, contemplation, and radical simplicity. This book is a portable collection of their teachings, and those of...
by Esther Harding
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Acclaimed as one of the best works available on feminine psychology from the time it first appeared in 1933, The Way of All Women discusses topics such as work, marriage, motherhood, old age, and women's relationships with family, friends, and lovers. Dr. Harding, who was best known for her work...
Deeper Dating
How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Lose weight. Act confident. Play hard to get. This approach to dating doesn’t lead to love, it leads to insecurity and loneliness. In Deeper Dating, psychotherapist Ken Page offers a new path to finding meaningful and lasting relationships. Learn how to attract people who love you for who you really...
Finding Rest in Meditation
Trilogy of Rest, Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
A new translation of the Tibetan master Longchenpa's famous work that systematically presents the path of meditation according to the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition.
Finding Rest in Meditation is the second volume of the Trilogy of Rest, Longchenpa’s classic exposition of the Buddhist path, the...
Attaining the Way
A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
This is an inspiring guide to the practice of Chan (Chinese Zen) in the words of four great masters of that tradition. It includes teachings from contemporary masters Xuyun and Sheng Yen, and from Jiexian and Boshan of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Though the texts were written over a period of...
Appreciate Your Life
The Essence of Zen Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2002
Here is the first major collection of the teachings of Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931-1995), one of the first Japanese Zen masters to bring Zen to the West and founding abbot of the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Zen Mountain Center in Idyllwild, California. These short, inspiring readings illuminate Zen...
Awake in the World
Teachings from Yoga and Buddhism for Living an Engaged Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
How can we live a balanced life in unbalanced times? How can the practices of meditation and yoga support our relationships, our work lives, and the greater good? Author, teacher, and psychotherapist Michael Stone presents the essential insights of mindfulness and yoga, emphasizing the teachings of...
Yoga for a World Out of Balance
Teachings on Ethics and Social Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
Every aspect of our life has a part to play in the greater ecological system, Michael Stone explains in this book. How do we bring this large view to our yoga practice? According to Stone, our responsibility as human beings is to live in a sustainable and respectful way. He says two things need to...