Shambhala Blog

Going into your fear is like going through a fog. The key is whether you’re regarding what you experience as simply something real or instead as monumental entrapment, imprisonment. If...

Drawing from Longchenpa, Jamgon Kongtrul explains the method of awakening in the Dzog-chen system, calling it the “Liberation as Ever-Perfect,” as the primordial buddha Samantabhadra. . . . . Liberation...

One of the main obstacles to fearlessness is our habitual patterns. Ordinarily, we don’t let ourselves experience ourselves fully. That is to say, we have a fear of facing ourselves...

We might also ask, Given my present situation, how long should I stay with uncomfortable feelings? This is
a good question, yet there is no right answer. We simply get accustomed...

Fear is nervousness; fear is anxiety; fear is a sense of inadequacy, a feeling that we may not be able to deal with the challenges of everyday life at all...