Shambhala imprint: 827 books
The Spring of My Life
And Selected Haiku
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1997
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), along with Basho and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan, known for his attention to poignant detail and his playful sense of humor. Issa's most-loved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in...
The Wisdom of the Prophet
The Sayings of Muhammad
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2001
The Wisdom of the Prophet contains a rich selection of hadith, or traditional teaching stories based on the words and deeds of Muhammad, that have brought inspiration and guidance to spiritual seekers for centuries. The passages in this collection, chosen for their universal appeal, reveal both Muhammad's...
The Cloud of Unknowing
A New Translation
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
This anonymous fourteenth-century text is the glory of English mysticism, and one of the most practical and useful guides to finding union with God ever written. Carmen Acevedo Butcher’s new translation is the first to bring the text into a modern English idiom—while remaining strictly faithful...
The Heart of Centering Prayer
Nondual Christianity in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Centering Prayer is the path to a wonderful and radical new way of seeing the world. It is not, as is sometimes thought, simply an act of devotional piety, nor is it a Christianized form of other meditation methods. Cynthia Bourgeault here cuts through the misconceptions to show that Centering Prayer...
Rebel Buddha
On the Road to Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
There’s a rebel within you. It’s the part of you that already knows how to break free of fear and unhappiness. This rebel is the voice of your own awakened mind. It’s your rebel buddha—the sharp, clear intelligence that resists the status quo. It wakes you up from the sleepy acceptance of...
Being Dharma
The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2001
Chah offers a thorough exploration of Theravadan Buddhism in a gentle, sometimes humorous, style that makes the reader feel as though he or she is being entertained by a story. He emphasizes the path to freedom from emotional and psychological suffering and provides insight into the fact that taking...
The Heart of Compassion
The Thirty-seven Verses on the Practice of a Bodhisattva
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
What would be the practical implications of caring more about others than about yourself? This is the radical theme of this extraordinary set of instructions, a training manual composed in the fourteenth century by the Buddhist hermit Ngulchu Thogme, here explained in detail by one of the great Tibetan...
by Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2004
This guide provides readers with essential background information for studying and practicing with Patrul Rinpoche's *Words of My Perfect Teacher—*the text that has, for more than a century, served as the reliable sourcebook to the spiritual practices common to all the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism....
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobo Genzo, in Japanese) is a monumental work, considered to be one of the profoundest expressions of Zen wisdom ever put on paper, and also the most outstanding literary and philosophical work of Japan. It is a collection of essays by Eihei Dogen (1200–1253), founder...
Brilliant Moon
The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
Through lively anecdotes and stories this highly revered Buddhist meditation master and scholar tells about his life of study, retreat, and teaching. The formative events of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s life, and those insights and experiences that caused him to mature into the warm, brilliant, and...
The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma represents meditation master Chögyam Trungpa’s greatest contribution to Western Buddhism. This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path of the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana....
The Method of No-Method
The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Here is a spiritual practice uncomplicated enough for anyone to learn, yet rich enough to be worked with for a lifetime. The traditional Chan (Chinese Zen) practice called Silent Illumination begins with nothing more than putting aside all thoughts except the awareness of oneself "just sitting."...
Wild Awakening
The Heart of Mahamudra and Dzogchen
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Mahamudra and Dzogchen are perhaps the most profound teachings within all of Tibetan Buddhism. The experience of Mahamudra, or "great symbol," is an overwhelming sense of extraordinary clarity, totally open and nondualistic. Dzogchen, or "great perfection," is the ultimate teaching...
A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom
Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
The foundations of Vajrayana practice are laid out with eloquence and precision here by one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of our age. His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche’s commentary on the preliminary practices (ngöndro) is informed by his profound realization and wide-ranging scholarship,...