Shambhala: 1067 books
by Dalai Lama, Alexander Berzin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Mahamudra, the great sealing nature, refers to systems of meditation on both the conventional and ultimate natures of the mind. These have been transmitted through the Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Within the Gelug, Mahamudra teachings occur in a combined Gelug/Kagyu tradition...
How to Practice Shamatha Meditation
The Cultivation of Meditative Quiescence
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
In 1988, Gen Lamrimpa, a Tibetan monk, led a one-year retreat in the Pacific Northwest, during which a group of Western meditators devoted themselves to the practice of meditative quiescence (shamatha). This book is a record of the oral teachings he gave to this group at the outset of the retreat....
Tales of the Turquoise
A Pilgrimage in Dolpo
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
In the early spring of 1961, Dr. Corneille Jest undertook a three-week circumambulation of the valley in the company of Tibetans visiting temples, shrines, and sacred mountains. His companion Karma, an elderly nomad from Western Tibet and a gifted storyteller, punctuated the journey with traditional...
Teresa of Avila
The Book of My Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) is one of the most beloved of the Catholic saints. In 1562, during the era of the Spanish Inquisition, Teresa sat down to write an account of the mystical experiences for which she had become famous. The result was this book, one of the great classics of spiritual autobiography....
Wise Teacher, Wise Student
Tibetan Approaches To A Healthy Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
The relationship between a teacher and student can be a most rewarding and life-enhancing experience, yet it can also be fraught with problems and misunderstandings. For Westerners working with Eastern teachers, the difficulties can be compounded by cultural differences, language barriers, and divergent...
Rise and Shine
Better Breakfasts for Busy Mornings
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Mornings can be hectic, but registered dietitian, cook, and mom Katie Morford has the key to a saner, healthier way to start the day. With 75 recipes—quick and easy for weekdays, slow and luxurious for relaxed weekends—you can turn your morning into an exercise in good nutrition and great taste....
Being Right Here
A Dzogchen Treasure Text of Nuden Dorje Entitled The Mirror of Clear Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
The treasure text of Nuden Dorje renders a very clear and authentic account of the view and essential meditation of dzogchen the practice of nondual experience. The presentation is in the Men ngag style, a personal instruction distilling the author's own realization in a manner both beautiful and...
Living Life Fully
Finding Sanity and Goodness in the Unpredictable
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
We are all imprisoned by the projections of our minds, and we all have the power to free ourselves. To gain this freedom, we must do three things: know that we are imprisoned, investigate how we entrap ourselves, and discover how to overcome our habitual patterns. The discipline of the sitting practice...
The Just King
The Tibetan Buddhist Classic on Leading an Ethical Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
A translation of a popular Buddhist work on worldly ethics by Tibet's most famous philosopher.
Leadership. Power. Responsibility. From Sun Tzu to Plato to Machiavelli, sages east and west have advised kings and rulers on how to lead. Their motivations and techniques have varied, but one thing...
The Essential Herbal for Natural Health
How to Transform Easy-to-Find Herbs into Healing Remedies for the Whole Family
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
From tinctures to ease tummy aches to elixirs to enhance energy, making your own remedies from easy-to-find herbs can be a satisfying and pleasurable way to connect with nature and your family's health. While entering the "herb world" can be intimidating—many of today's herb books are...
The Write Start
A Guide to Nurturing Writing at Every Stage, from Scribbling to Forming Letters and Writing Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
How do you raise children who love to write? Jennifer Hallissy believes that if you give children a solid foundation of writing basics, they will develop a love of writing that lasts a lifetime. In this book, she shares the secrets for supporting young writers, from the smallest of scribblers to middle-schoolers...
The Heart Attack Sutra
A New Commentary on the Heart Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
The radical message of the Heart Sūtra, one of Buddhism's most famous texts, is a sweeping attack on everything we hold most dear: our troubles, the world as we know it, even the teachings of the Buddha himself. Several of the Buddha's followers are said to have suffered heart attacks and died when...
by Longchenpa
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Just as the images on television are nothing more than light, so are our experiences merely the dance of awareness. Often we form attachments to or feel enslaved by these experiences. But they are only reflections. As easily as television pictures vanish when the channel is changed, the power of our...
The Supreme Siddhi of Mahamudra
Teachings, Poems, and Songs of the Drukpa Kagyu Lineage
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
The first major collection of core texts from masters of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
The Drukpa Kagyu lineage is renowned among the traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism for producing some of the greatest yogis from across the Himalayas. After spending many years in mountain retreats,...