Shambhala: 1067 books
by Nakae Chomin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1992
A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government takes the form of a debate between a spokesman for Western ideals of democracy and progress, and an advocate for adherence to traditional samurai values. Their discussion is moderated by the imperturbable Master Nankai, who loves nothing more than to drink...
Cold Antler Farm
A Memoir of Growing Food and Celebrating Life on a Scrappy Six-Acre Homestead
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Jenna Woginrich is well loved for her essays on all that accompanies the life of a true homesteader: the mud and mess, the beautiful and tragic, the grime and passion. In Cold Antler Farm, she draws our attention to the timekeeper of such a lifestyle: the ancient agricultural year, filled with celebrations...
Always Present
The Luminous Wisdom of Jigme Phuntsok
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
What is true happiness? What is the cause of our suffering and dissatisfaction? And how can we live with the kindness and clarity of the Buddha in our own lives? This compact collection of teachings from Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche illuminates these most fundamental questions about the Buddhist path and...
A Mind with Wings
The Story of Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
It's July 4, 1845. A soft-spoken young man named Henry David Thoreau has carefully constructed a small, simple cabin in the woods overlooking Walden Pond. For the next two years, his closest companions will be the chickadees, the woodchucks, and the quiet pines of the Walden Woods.
Henry is...
Dakini Power
Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the W est
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
What drives a young London librarian to board a ship to India, meditate in a remote cave by herself for twelve years, and then build a flourishing nunnery in the Himalayas? How does a surfer girl from Malibu become the head of the main international organization for Buddhist women? Why does the daughter...
Meister Eckhart, from Whom God Hid Nothing
Sermons, Writings, and Sayings
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2005
This introduction to the writing and preaching of the greatest medieval European mystic contains selections from his sermons, treatises, and sayings, as well as Table Talk, the records of his informal advice to his spiritual children.
by Kusan Sunim
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
The power and simplicity of the Korean Zen tradition shine in this collection of teachings by a renowned modern master, translated by Martine Batchelor. Kusan Sunim provides a wealth of practical advice for students, particularly with regard to the uniquely Korean practice of hwadu, or sitting with...
Machik's Complete Explanation
Clarifying the Meaning of Chod (Expanded Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Fear, anger, and negativity are states that each of us have to contend with. Machik's Complete Explanation, the most famous book of the teachings of Machik Lapdrön, the great female saint and yogini of eleventh- to twelfth-century Tibet, addresses these issues in a practical, direct way.
Machik...
Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy
On Being an American Citizen
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
What does is it mean to be a citizen of the United States? Susan Griffin’s provocative investigation of that question takes us from the Declaration of Independence to the Iraq War, with many stops in between. Her conclusion: democracy is nothing less than a revolution of consciousness, and the revolution has just begun.
Raising Wild
Dispatches from a Home in the Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
2017 Finalist - Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award
2017 Finalist - Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Creative Book Award
2017 Finalist - Evans Biography and Handcart Award
Combining natural history, humor, and personal narrative, Raising Wild is an intimate exploration...
Wild Comfort
The Solace of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
In an effort to make sense of the deaths in quick succession of several loved ones, Kathleen Dean Moore turned to the comfort of the wild, making a series of solitary excursions into ancient forests, wild rivers, remote deserts, and windswept islands to learn what the environment could teach her in...
by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012
The Buddha's path to human transformation declares women and men equally capable of spiritual realization, yet throughout history most exemplars of this tradition have been men. Now, as Buddhism is transmitted to the West, women are playing a major role in its adaptation and development. The conversation...
The Wisdom of Maimonides
The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
Here is an accessible introduction to the life and wisdom of the famous twelfth-century philosopher-physician Moses Maimonides, whose prolific writings on medical and religious issues, commentaries on Jewish texts, and writings on Jewish ethics and law profoundly influenced Judaism.
The Wisdom...
Little Flowers of Francis of Assisi
A New Translation
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2006
This collection of folk tales, legends, and narratives about the life of Francis of Assisi and his followers appeared about seventy-five years after the saint’s death, in the early fourteenth century. The writings have remained popular ever since due to their beauty and charm, and because they are...