Shambhala: 1067 books
by Chogyam Trungpa
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2001
Here is a unique contribution to the field of poetry: a new collection of works by America's foremost Buddhist meditation master, Chögyam Trungpa. These poems and songs—most of which were written since his arrival in the United States in 1970—combine a background in classical Tibetan poetry with...
The Sanity We Are Born With
A Buddhist Approach to Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
More and more mental health professionals are discovering the rich tradition of Buddhist psychology and integrating its insights into their work with clients. Buddhist tradition teaches that all of us are born with what Chögyam Trungpa terms "basic sanity," or inherent goodness, health,...
White Lotus
An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2007
The commentary translated in these pages is unusual and rare. But if the commentary is a rarity, its subject matter—the seven-line invocation of Padmasambhava—is one of the best-known prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist world.
The overall significance of the Seven-Line Prayer is perhaps best...
Feeling Wisdom
Working with Emotions Using Buddhist Teachings and Western Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
The realm of emotion is one of those areas where Buddhism and Western psychology are often thought to be at odds: Are emotions to be valued, examined, worked with as signs leading us to deeper self-knowledge? Or are they something to be ignored and avoided as soon as we recognize them? Rob Preece...
Taking the Leap
Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Ever feel trapped in the same old habits and painful emotions time and time again? These are patterns we all face, and sometimes they feel impossible to shake. So how can we get unstuck? Drawing on time-honored Buddhist teachings on shenpa (all the attachments and compulsions that cause us suffering),...
How to Train a Wild Elephant
And Other Adventures in Mindfulness
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
A growing body of research is showing that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health, and improve one’s overall quality of life. Jan Chozen Bays, MD—physician and Zen teacher—has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate mindfulness as we go about our ordinary,...
Mindful Eating
A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food (Revised Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Mindfulness can restore the healthy relationship with food we were meant to have.
Food. It should be one of life’s great pleasures, yet many of us have such a conflicted relationship with it that we miss out on that most basic of satisfactions. But it is possible—and not really all that...
Awake at Work
35 Practical Buddhist Principles for Discovering Clarity and Balance in the Mids t of Work's Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
When we think of work, we often think of drudgery, frustration, and stress. For too many of us, work is the last place in our lives we expect to experience satisfaction, fulfillment, or spiritual growth. In this unique book, Michael Carroll—a meditation teacher, executive coach, and corporate director—shares...
by Gary Eberle
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2002
In Sacred Time and the Search for Meaning, author Gary Eberle contemplates how humans' view of time has evolved throughout history, how we came to measure time, and why we feel especially starved for it now. Eberle seeks to rediscover a renewed sense of meaning in life through looking for ways to...
Thank You and OK!
An American Zen Failure in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
David Chadwick, a Texas-raised wanderer, college dropout, bumbling social activist, and hobbyhorse musician, began his study under Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1966. In 1988 Chadwick flew to Japan to begin a four-year period of voluntary exile and remedial Zen education. In Thank You and OK! he recounts...
River of Stars
Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1997
Yosano Akiko (1878–1942) is one of the most famous Japanese writers of the twentieth century. She is the author of more than seventy-five books, including twenty volumes of original poetry and the definitive translation into modern Japanese of the Tale of the Genji. Although probably best known...
Alchemists, Mediums, and Magicians
Stories of Taoist Mystics
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Here is an introduction to the magical and mystical realm of Taoism through biographical and historical sketches of Taoist adepts over two thousand years. This panoramic view of the many faces of Taoism and its intimate connection with Chinese culture and society includes intriguing accounts of the...
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts
The Classic Chinese Guide for Success in War, Business, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts is a classical collection of Chinese maxims on understanding, engaging, and defeating your enemy. The origin of the collection is unknown; however, the text is a synthesis of various military maxims, political expressions, and even folk sayings, some of which...
by Eva Wong
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2001
As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Eva Wong heard and memorized many tales told to her by Hong Kong's finest professional storytellers, by actors on the radio, and by her grandmother. These popular tales of the Taoist immortals were also often dramatized in Chinese operas.
The stories are of...