Shambhala: 1067 books
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Great Liberation Through Hearing In The Bardo
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2000
In this classic scripture of Tibetan Buddhism—traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation—death and rebirth are seen as a process that provides an opportunity to recognize the true nature of mind. This translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead emphasizes the practical...
The Truth of This Life
Zen Teachings on Loving the World as It Is
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Accessible and elegant teachings from a well-loved and revered woman Zen teacher.
“The truth and joy of this life is that we cannot change things as they are.” The import of those words can be found beautifully expressed in the work of the woman who spoke them, Katherine Thanas (1927–2012)—in...
The Mirror of Zen
The Classic Guide to Buddhist Practice by Zen Master So Sahn
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2006
The sacred radiance of our original nature never darkens.
It has shined forth since beginningless time.
Do you wish to enter the gate that leads to this?
Simply do not give rise to conceptual thinking.
Zen Master So Sahn (1520–1604) is a towering figure in the history of Korean Zen. In this...
The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion
The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two
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....
Wild Ivy
The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
A fiery and intensely dynamic Zen teacher and artist, Hakuin (1685–1768) is credited with almost single-handedly revitalizing Japanese Zen after three hundred years of decline. As a teacher, he placed special emphasis on koan practice, inventing many new koans himself, including the famous "What...
Taming the Ox
Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Pract ice
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Renowned author and National Book Award winner Dr. Charles Johnson writes that his creative work and Buddhist practice are the two activities in his life that have reinforced each other—and have anchored him. In this wide and varied collection of essays, reviews, and short stories, Johnson offers...
Hagakure
The Book of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of Hagakure, a series of texts written by an eighteenth-century samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. It is a window into the samurai mind, illuminating the concept of bushido (the Way of the Warrior), which dictated how samurai were expected to behave,...
The Unfettered Mind
Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
This classic samurai-era text fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the direction that the art has taken ever since. Written by the seventeenth-century Zen master Takuan Soho (1573–1645), The Unfettered Mind is a book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation of right mind and...
Coming Home to Tibet
A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
In this beautifully written memoir, a daughter travels to her mother's Tibetan homeland and finds both her own deep connections to her heritage and a people trying to maintain its cultural integrity despite Chinese occupation.
After her mother dies in a car accident in India, Tsering Wangmo...
by Waysun Liao
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
According to Master Liao, the great power of T'ai Chi cannot be realized without knowing its inner meaning. *T'ai Chi Classics *presents the inner meaning and techniques of T'ai Chi movements through translations of three core classics of T'ai Chi, often considered the "T'ai Chi Bible."...
The Blank Canvas
Inviting the Muse
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1993
The Blank Canvas offers solid advice for everyone who struggles with artist's block or other problems of creative expression, including: drawing subject matter from unexpected sources, mining one's daily visual responses for images, overcoming self-doubt and criticism, making choices when torn between several ideas, and getting started on assignments.
The Sound of Water
Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2006
Here are more than two hundred of the best haiku of Japanese literature translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators. The haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion,...
Master of the Three Ways
Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
At once profound, spiritual, and witty, Master of the Three Ways is a remarkable work about human nature, the essence of life, and how to live simply and with awareness. In three hundred and fifty-seven verses, the author, Hung Ying-ming—a seventeenth-century Chinese sage—explores good and evil,...
Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf
Zen Poems of Ryokan
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2004
The Japanese poet-recluse Ryokan (1758–1831) is one of the most beloved figures of Asian literature, renowned for his beautiful verse, exquisite calligraphy, and eccentric character. Deceptively simple, Ryokan's poems transcend artifice, presenting spontaneous expressions of pure Zen spirit. Like...