Shambhala

The two-thousand-year-old discipline of traditional Chinese medicine has much to offer Western readers who have an interest in the healing arts. The authors, both professors at Shanghai Medical...

A thought-provoking mix of the most notable and insightful Buddhism-inspired writing published in the last year. The Best Buddhist Writing 2011 includes: - Karen Miller's story of love, marriage,...

Before the Dalai Lama bestows the Bodhisattva vow, he often teaches the short text known as the Twenty Verses on the Bodhisattva Vow by the Indian master Chandragomin. Chandragomin's text discusses...

One of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture, The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that...

Author: Musashi Miyamoto, William Scott Wilson, Shiro TsujimuraPublisher: ShambhalaPublication Date: May 15, 2012Number of Pages: 160 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10:...

The early Christian monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine were the spiritual heroes of their age?fleeing the security of civilization for the desert, where they sought God in lives of prayer,...

An original presentation of the history and practice of mindfulness drawn from the teachings of eminent Mahayana Buddhist masters. Until now, mindfulness in the West has mainly been taught and...

Unlike most books by the Dalai Lama which are edited compilations of talks that he has given, this book consists of two texts that he himself wrote and two that he chose--all especially aimed at...

Without mantras or manifestos, 29 writers serve up sharp, sweet, and candid memories; salty irreverence; and delicious original recipes. Food is so much more than what we eat. The Cassoulet Saved Our...

In times of upheaval, many of us seek guidance from a spiritual mentor, someone who has confronted challenges and become a stronger person as a result. Here Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein draws from...

Here, the author of the acclaimed Confessions of a Pagan Nun takes us to fourteenth-century Ireland for a strange and luminous tale of the elusive nature of identity and of triumph in adversity. The...

A rich blend of history, legend, poetry, adventure, and romance, The Clear Mirror is a treasure-trove of traditional Tibetan narrative and folk wisdom. It presents in full the often-cited but elusive...

A marvelously readable translation of the great Middle English classic of Christian mysticism?now part of the beautifully designed Shambhala Pocket Library collection This anonymous...

Volume Three of The Collected Works of Ken Wilber includes: - A Sociable God: Toward a New Understanding of Religion (1982) is a scholarly introduction to a psychology and sociology of religion...

Volume Four of The Collected Works of Ken Wilber includes: - Integral Psychology, a concise version of Wilber's long-awaited textbook of transpersonal psychology, presenting one of the first truly...

Grace and Grit is the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife, Treya Killam Wilber, through Treya's diagnosis of breast cancer, treatments, and finally, death. During...

Volume Seven of The Collected Works of Ken Wilber includes: - A Brief History of Everything (1996) "Combining spiritual sensitivity with enormous intellectual understanding and a style of elegance...

Volume Eight of The Collected Works of Ken Wilber includes: - In The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion (1998), Wilber takes on the centuries-old problem of the...

The revered Buddhist teacher and author of When Things Fall Apart presents the lojong teachings?pithy slogans for daily contemplation?and the ways in which they can enrich our lives Welcome...

Featuring gourmet recipes from the renowned Zen retreat center, this vegetarian cookbook is a celebration of cooking, spirituality, and tradition California's Tassajara Zen Mountain Center has long...

The quality of presence a psychotherapist or counselor brings to the therapeutic relationship makes all the difference in effective treatment. With this application of Buddhist practice to...

When circumstances are challenging how do we react? This book offers methods to help us develop greater inner strength and openness to life by changing the habit of what Rob Preece calls...

Westerners wanting to know about tantra--particularly the Buddhist tantra of Tibet--often find only speculation and fancy. Tibet has been shrouded in mystery, and "tantra" has been called upon to...

The Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice known as Dzogchen (pronounced ZOG-chen) is a practical method for accessing the pristine, clear awareness that lies beneath the chatter and confusion of our...

The Eighth Situpa on the Third Karmapa's Mahamudra Prayer provides readers with concise and complete instructions on the ground, path, and fruition of mahamudra practice. Centered around the...

This extraordinary collection of poems--covering thirty centuries of poetry from around the world--celebrates the erotic spirit in all its forms, from the passion of sexual desire to the intense...

A guide to the practice, history, and etiquette of budo, the study of Japanese martial arts for self-cultivation--written by an American martial arts master The study of budo, or the Japanese...

Jeffrey Hopkins continues his groundbreaking exploration of the Jo-nang-ba sect of Tibetan Buddhism with this revelatory translation of one of the seminal texts from that tradition. Whereas...

Ch?gyam Trungpa wrote more than two dozen books on Buddhism and the Shambhala path of warriorship. The Essential Ch?gyam Trungpa blends excerpts from bestsellers like Shambhala: The Sacred Path of...

The Chuang Tzu has been translated into English numerous times, but never with the freshness, accessibility, and accuracy of this remarkable rendering. Here the immediacy of Chuang Tzu's language is...