Shambhala: 1067 books
Turning the Wheel of Truth
Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Buddhist teachings like the eightfold path, the four noble truths, and karma pervade Buddhist literature—but how often do we read what the Buddha himself had to say about these topics? Here is an accessible look at the Buddha’s First Discourse, which contains the foundation for all further Buddhist...
Breath by Breath
The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2004
Freedom from suffering is not only possible, but the means for achieving it are immediately within our grasp—literally as close to us as our own breath. This is the 2,500-year-old good news contained in the Anapanasati Sutra, the Buddha's teaching on cultivating both tranquility and deep insight...
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
The Path of Insight Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2001
In Seeking the Heart of Wisdom Goldstein and Kornfield present the central teachings and practices of insight meditation in a clear and personal language. The path of insight meditation is a journey of understanding our bodies, our minds, and our lives, of seeing clearly the true nature of experience....
Sacred Passage
How to Provide Fearless, Compassionate Care for the Dying
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Working as an emergency room nurse, Margaret Coberly came in contact with death on a daily basis. However, it wasn't until her own brother was diagnosed with terminal cancer that she realized she understood very little about the emotional and spiritual aspects of caring for the terminally ill. To...
The Inner Life
Three Classic Essays on the Spiritual Life by the Beloved Teacher Who Brought Sufism to the West
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 1997
The Indian Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927) was the first teacher to bring Sufism—Islamic mysticism—to the Western world. His teaching was noted for its stirring beauty and power, as well as for its applicability to all people, regardless of religious or philosophical background. This...
Rumi's World
The Life and Works of the Greatest Sufi Poet
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2001
This book (previously published as I Am Wind, You Are Fire) celebrates the extraordinary career of Persia's great mystical poet, Rumi (1207–1273), through the story of his life, along with an enlightening examination of his ecstatic verse. Rumi lived the quiet life of a religious teacher in Anatolia...
Sufism
An Introduction to the Mystical Tradition of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
The Sufis are as diverse as the countries in which they've flourished—from Morocco to India to China—and as varied as their distinctive forms of art, music, poetry, and dance. They are said to represent the mystical heart of Islam, yet the term Sufism is notoriously difficult to define, as it...
The Heart Sutra
A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
The Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra is among the best known of all the Buddhist scriptures. Chanted daily by many Zen students, it is also studied extensively in the Tibetan tradition, and it has been regarded with interest more recently in the West in various fields of study—from philosophy to quantum...
Masters of Meditation and Miracles
Lives of the Great Buddhist Masters of India and Tibet
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 1999
Masters of Meditation and Miracles presents colorful biographies of thirty-five realized teachers whose lives were full of peace, enlightenment, and amazing miracles. They flourished in Tibet, the Roof of the World, in its golden days. These teachers belong to the Longchen Nyingthig lineage of the...
Stars at Dawn
Forgotten Stories of Women in the Buddha's Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
In this retelling of the ancient legends of the women in the Buddha’s intimate circle, lesser-known stories from Sanskrit and Pali sources are for the first time woven into an illuminating, coherent narrative. Interspersed with original insights, fresh interpretations, and bold challenges to the...
by Rosie Rosenzweig
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 1998
An old joke tells of a Jewish woman who treks to the Himalayas to seek an audience with a guru sitting in seclusion on a mountaintop. When at last she comes before him, she implores: "Sheldon, come home!"
Rosie Rosenzweig became that Jewish mother—but in real life, the story has...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
This classic of world spiritual literature is the firsthand account of a pilgrim's journey as he endeavors to live out Saint Paul's instruction to "pray without ceasing." The narrator, an unnamed nineteenth-century peasant, sets out on his pilgrimage with nothing but a Bible, a rosary, and...
by J. Krishnamurti
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2001
In Freedom, Love, and Action, Krishnamurti points to a state of total awareness beyond mental processes. With his characteristic engaging, candid approach, Krishnamurti discusses such topics as the importance of setting the mind free from its own conditioning; the possibility of finding enlightenment...
Rumi: Daylight
A Daybook of Spiritual Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 1999
The spiritual influence of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) is increasing among people of diverse beliefs throughout the western world. Rumi is now recognized here in the West, as he has been for seven centuries in the Middle East and Western Asia, as one of the greatest literary and spiritual figures...