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Women in Buddhism
Women in Buddhism Throughout history women have played a vital role in the preservation and presentation of Buddhism. The Buddha himself expressed deep respect for his mother and as several contemporary Buddhist scholars have pointed out, women have played a significant role in helping to shape and preserve Buddhism. That is certainly true for Buddhism [...] -
The Art Of Listening: Chanting and Meditation
Shambhala Publications · The Art Of Listening: Chanting and Meditation Listening to Buddhists suttas and chants is considered a form of meditation practice called bhāvanā (translated as: practice, making to become) and it helps to cultivate the qualities we need for meditation and the path. In this audio recording, Dr. Sarah Shaw introduces two sections [...] -
Perceiving Reality and the Metaphor of the Way
The following is an adapted excerpt from The Great Within The Transformative Power and Psychology of the Spiritual Path By Han F. de Wit The Great Within$24.95 - PaperbackBy: Han F. de Wit Add to Cart Exploring the Meaning of The Way The Way, or the Path, is a universal metaphor encountered again and again in [...] -
Ethics Matter
Following the Green Practice Path An Excerpt from Green Buddhism Understanding Our Impact Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, cancelling clean-water regulations, stalling on clean-energy projects—the recent years under a climate-change-denying political administration have been very discouraging, indeed. Day after day, we seem to hear only about backward steps and policy losses on environmental issues. The [...] -
Remembering the Good within You | An Excerpt from Lovingkindness
Two Exercises for Your Practice Remembering the Good within You Sit comfortably, in a relaxed way, and close your eyes. As much as possible, let go of analysis and expectation. For ten to fifteen minutes, call to mind something you have done or said that you feel was a kind or good action—a time you [...] -
The Gift of Sadness | An Excerpt from Sadness, Love, Openness
Sadness Is Not the End Meditating While Thinking There is, however, one particular method that benefits everyone alike: acknowledging that nothing lasts. We instinctively feel that things are going to stay more or less the same and that the people around us will remain, but that’s not the case. If we can, we should try [...] -
Flowers | An Excerpt from The Dhammapada
A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic Who will master this world And the realms of Yama and the gods? Who will select a well‑taught Dharma teaching, As a skilled person selects a flower? One in training will master this world And the realms of Yama and the gods. One in training will select A [...] -
Book Club Discussion | The Buddha Walks into the Office
The Buddha Walks into the Office seemed a particularly apt choice for our Shambhala office book club. After all, if anyone should aspire to an awake, uplifted workplace, it should be us. We dove in to see if Lodro Rinzler, teacher in the Shambhala tradition and founder of MNDFL meditation studios in New York, had [...] -
Book Club Discussion | Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa
by Kate White Kate, our Production Coordinator/Designer, sums up our August meeting of the new Shambhala Publications Book Club! August’s book selection was Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. We invite you to take part by sharing your comments below. There are a lot of different kinds of people who work at Shambhala [...]