1. Asanga and Yogacara: A Guide for Readers

    Asanga and Yogacara: A Guide for Readers
    Asanga Learn More A Reader's Guide to the great 4th century Indian master Asanga and Yogacara: A Guide for Readers See Also:  Profiles of early Indian Mahayana figures | Tibetan Masters of the 8th Century | Tibetan Masters of the 10th-11th Centuries Nagarjuna | Aryadeva | Asanga | Shantideva | Xuanzang | The Seventeen Pandits [...]
  2. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: A Guide for Readers

    Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: A Guide for Readers
    About Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul was born in the Northern Indian province of Himachal to his parents Neten Chokling Rinpoche and Mayum Tsewang Palden. During his monastic education, he was trained in the Nyingma school's Longchen Nyingtik lineage under his root guru, the renowned Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Additionally, he studied extensively under Tulku Urgyen [...]
  3. A Reader's Guide to Shantideva and the Way of the Bodhisattva

    A Reader's Guide to Shantideva and the Way of the Bodhisattva
    Shantideva and The Way of the Bodhisattva Learn More A Reader's Guide to the Essential Work on the Bodhisattva Path A Reader's Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva See Also:  Profiles of early Indian Mahayana figures | Tibetan Masters of the 8th Century | Tibetan Masters of the 10th-11th Centuries Nagarjuna | Aryadeva | Asanga | Shantideva | Xuanzang | The Seventeen Pandits of Nalanda The great nineteenth-century [...]
  4. The Teachers of Pema Chodron: A Reader's Guide

    The Teachers of Pema Chodron: A Reader's Guide
    Pema Chödrön refers to many of her teachers and friends in her latest book Welcoming the Unwelcome. For fans of Ani Pema who might be less familiar with some of these figures but want to hear more from her main inspirations, teachers, and role models, this is for you! For those who listened to the [...]
  5. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche & Pema Chödrön in Conversation | Free Video Offering

    Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche & Pema Chödrön in Conversation | Free Video Offering
    Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Pema Chödrön Discuss the Innate Tenderness of Our Hearts ENTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE VIDEO INTERVIEW. In this interview, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche sits down with Pema Chödrön to discuss his book, Training in Tenderness, cultivating compassion, and the innate tenderness of our hearts known as tsewa. After entering [...]
  6. Khandro Tsering Chödrön: A Reader's Guide

    Khandro Tsering Chödrön: A Reader's Guide
    Khandro Tsering Chödrön, from The Life and Times of Jamyang Chokyi Lodro One of the most remarkable Buddhist women of the 20th century surely was Khandro Tsering Chödrön. Born in 1925, she became the spiritual consort of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, one of the most important teachers of the 20th century. As Tulku Thondup, who [...]
  7. Customer Favorites

    Customer Favorites
    This holiday season we care about hearing what you have to say. Below are some thoughtful quotations from readers on their favorite Shambhala books. Do you have one you'd like to share? Tell us about it in the comment section at the bottom. The Book of Five Rings$14.95 - PaperbackBy: Thomas Cleary & Miyamoto Musashi [...]
  8. The Fruit of Tenderness | An Excerpt from Training in Tenderness

    The Fruit of Tenderness | An Excerpt from Training in Tenderness
    Benefiting Others When we carefully and diligently water our seed of tsewa, applying all the wisdom and skillful means we can gather, that seed will eventually grow into a magnificent tree bearing abundant fruit. This is the third metaphor in Chandrakirti’s homage to the tender heart. The fruit manifests as an ever-increasing desire and ability [...]
  9. The Nyingma Summer Seminar: Reflections on a Buddhist Retreat

    The Nyingma Summer Seminar: Reflections on a Buddhist Retreat
    By Sanje Phillips This July, I attended the Nyingma Summer Seminar at the Mangala Shri Bhuti retreat land in Ward, Colorado, with Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel (wife), and Dungse Jampal Norbu (son). Over one hundred attendees with varied demographics sat daily meditation sessions, participated in the teachings, endured periods of silence and the usual [...]
  10. Lojong / Mind Training Reader's Guide

    Lojong / Mind Training Reader's Guide
    Lojong: Training the Mind Learn More Lojong, or mind training, is a core practice in all the lineages of the Tibetan tradition. Lojong, or mind training, is a core practice in all the lineages of the Tibetan tradition. They can perhaps best be characterized as a method for transforming our mind by turning away from [...]

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