Shambhala: 1067 books
Home Grown
Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
In this most personal of his books to date, Ben Hewitt shows us how small, mindful decisions about day-to-day life can lead to greater awareness of the world in our backyards and beyond. In telling the story of his sons’ unconventional education in the fields and forests surrounding his family’s...
The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage
True Tales of Food, Family, and How We Learn to Eat
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Food is so much more than what we eat. The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage is an anthology of original essays about how we learn (and relearn) to eat, and how pivotal food is beyond the table. Without mantras or manifestos, twenty-nine writers serve up sharp, sweet, and candid memories; salty irreverence;...
Momma Zen
Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
Combining humor, honesty, and plainspoken advice, Momma Zen distills the doubts and frustrations of parenting into vignettes of Zen wisdom.
Drawing on her experience as a first-time mother, and on her years of Zen meditation and study, Miller explores how the daily challenges of parenthood...
The Mindful Path to Addiction Recovery
A Practical Guide to Regaining Control over Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Mindfulness, the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is, is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. Because at the heart of addiction is the fear of painful emotional states, addicts compulsively...
Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature
Maitreya's Dharmadharmatavibhanga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Miph am
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
The Buddhist masterpiece Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature, often referred to by its Sanskrit title, Dharmadharmatāvibhaṅga, is part of a collection known as the Five Maitreya Teachings, a set of philosophical works that have become classics of the Indian Buddhist tradition....
Entering the Way of the Great Vehicle
Dzogchen as the Culmination of the Mahayana
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
The first English translation of a classic treatise on how the Tibetan practice of Dzogchen, or Great Perfection, is in fact the culmination of the path of Mahayana Buddhism.
Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo wrote this treatise in the eleventh century during the renaissance of Buddhism in Tibet that...
by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
*A Study of Svātantrika *represents an important contribution to our understanding of Mādhyamika philosophy in India and Tibet. The Mādhyamika is considered to have two subschools, Svātantrika and Prāsaṅgika. The Prāsaṅgika school of Candrakīrti is better known than Svātantrika,...
Don't Believe Everything You Think
Living with Wisdom and Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
It can be hard for those of us living in the twenty-first century to see how fourteenth-century Buddhist teachings still apply. When you’re trying to figure out which cell phone plan to buy or brooding about something someone wrote about you on Facebook, lines like "While the enemy of your...
The Power and the Pain
Transforming Spiritual Hardship into Joy
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
We all encounter obstacles on a daily basis—from small inconveniences and nuisances to the really big hardships wreaking havoc with our lives. Sometimes just the small things are enough to set us reeling. Andrew Holecek offers us a progressive path beginning with common, easily understood hardships...
The Open-Focus Brain
Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
This breakthrough book presents a disarmingly simple idea: The way we pay attention in daily life can play a critical role in our health and well-being. According to Dr. Les Fehmi, a clinical psychologist and researcher, many of us have become stuck in "narrow-focus attention": a tense,...
Inviting God In
Celebrating the Soul-Meaning of the Jewish Holy Days
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
This warm, inspiring look at the Jewish holidays—by one of the most dynamic and accessible teachers of Jewish thought today—shows us how each holy day empowers us to recognize God's loving presence in our life every day.
There are many books that discuss how to celebrate the holidays; Inviting...
Integral Ecology
Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Today there is a bewildering diversity of views on ecology and the natural environment. With more than two hundred distinct and valuable perspectives on the natural world—and with scientists, economists, ethicists, activists, philosophers, and others often taking completely different stances on...
Women Who Love Sex
Ordinary Women Describe Their Paths to Pleasure, Intimacy, and Ecstasy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2007
Wonderful sex does more than melt both body and soul; it brings power, energy, and deep satisfaction to all aspects of our lives. In this unique book, women who consider themselves highly sexually responsive talk in intimate detail about what gives them the greatest pleasure. They redefine sex—based...
The Happiness Trap
How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Are you, like milllions of Americans, caught in the happiness trap? Russ Harris explains that the way most of us go about trying to find happiness ends up making us miserable, driving the epidemics of stress, anxiety, and depression. This empowering book presents the insights and techniques of ACT...