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An imaginative approach to spiritual practice in difficult times, through the Buddhist teaching of the six paramitas or "perfections"--qualities that lead to kindness, wisdom, and an awakened life.In frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what's hidden, and it shape-shifts reality's roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching...

The Skillful Forager is the ultimate forager's guide to working with any wild plant in the field, kitchen, or pantry. From harvesting skills that will allow you to gather from the same plant again and again to highlighting how to get the most out of each and every type of wild edible, trusted expert Leda Meredith explores the most effective ways to harvest, preserve, and prepare all of your foraged foods. Featuring detailed identification info...

A deeply intimate exploration of the "7 Ways" to creativity led by three authors whose collaboration provides meditations on the creative process as well as practical and reflective exercises.Reignite your creative spark with accessible meditations and practices developed by three experts on creativity and collaboration across three generations. Whether you're a filmmaker, writer, musician, artist, graphic designer, dabbler, or doodler, all cr...

Follow Buddha on a wild journey- from mountain peaks to the ocean deep, past Saturn's rings and butterfly wings.This sweet story reveals that Buddha can be found everywhere you go.

Instructions for traversing the entire Vajrayana path to enlightenment from one of Tibet's most famous wandering yogis.Composed by Shabkar at the Cave of Miracles close to Mount Kailash around 1815, this compendium of spiritual instructions is written in the form of questions and answers, alternating verse and prose, between Shabkar and his disciples. It presents the essence of the entire graded path to enlightenment, using Tsongkhapa's Great ...

One of the best-known and most stirring American poems, brilliantly edited by Stephen Mitchell, now available in the Shambhala Pocket Library series.An undeniable and beloved classic of American poetry, "Song of Myself" was originally published as part of Leaves of Grass, with Whitman expanding, revising, and editing it in subsequent editions for much of his life. Here, Stephen Mitchell has gone back to the first edition, only substituting rev...

Wear magic on your sleeve--20 teeny-tiny embroidery projects for completely unique pins, buttons, badges, patches, and more. Discover the magical world of Irem Yazici's embroidery. Flowers, moons, and UFOs are just a few of the 50 motifs presented in Tiny Stitches. Wear your heart on your sleeve, literally, through small-scale projects for embroidered pins, buttons, patches, and more. Embellish your outfits, decorate your walls, and make uniqu...

A pop-culture presentation of the Integral Approach from visionary genius Ken Wilber, designed as an easy introduction to his work.What if we attempted to create an all-inclusive map that touches the most important factors from all of the world's great traditions? Using all the known systems and models of human growth-from the ancient sages to the latest breakthroughs in cognitive science-Ken Wilber distills their major components into five si...

Learn how to successfully negotiate conflicts and deepen our most intimate relationships in this practical and thoughtful guide by an experienced Buddhist teacher, psychotherapist, and couples counselor. A committed relationship, as most people see it today, is a partnership of equals who share values and goals, a team united by love and dedicated to each other's growth on every level. This contemporary model for coupledom requires real intent...

Rumi's son wrote, "After meeting Shams, my father danced all day and sang all night. He had been a scholar -he became a poet. He had been an ascetic-he became drunk with Love." Shams of Tabriz was indeed Rumi's "Sun, " the one who set him alight with Divine Love. With the opening of that friendship, a new paradigm appeared and Love flowed out into this world in such abundance that even after almost 800 years the ripples are still widening to e...

A full translation of an important Mahayana Buddhist treatise with a commentary by the famous Tibetan luminary Jamgön Mipham.A monumental work and Indian Buddhist classic, the Ornament of the Mahayana Sutras (Mahayanasutralaṃkara) is a precious resource for students wishing to study in-depth the philosophy and path of Mahayana Buddhism. This full translation and commentary outlines the importance of Mahayana, the centrality of bodhicitta or th...

Inspiring teachings on what each of us can do to promote peace from the inside out.Can there be hope for a peaceful future in times like these? How can we overcome our sense of helplessness when problems seem so big and tensions so strong? Pema Chödrön here shows us how to look deeply at the underlying causes of these tensions and how we really can create a more peaceful world-by starting right where we are and learning to see the seeds of hos...

After six years of solitude, eminent teacher Ramana Maharshi answers--with extreme sincerity--questions on the topics of peace, the self, and silence.The renowned Indian sage Ramana Maharshi is widely beloved-by Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Taoists, and more-for the inspirational power of his teachings, which transcend all religious differences. Here is a collection of Sri Ramana's instructions and discourses culled from three works: Who Am ...

A simple mindfulness meditation programme for children and their parents. Ages: 3+

A fresh translation--and new envisioning--of the most accessible and beloved of all classic Chinese poetry.Welcome to the magical, windswept world of Cold Mountain. These poems from the literary riches of China have long been celebrated by cultures of both East and West-and continue to be revered as among the most inspiring and enduring works of poetry worldwide. This groundbreaking new translation presents the full corpus of poetry traditiona...

A powerful memoir from Natalie Golderg--the woman who changed the way writing is taught in this country--sharing her experience with cancer grounded in her practice of writing and Zen.When longtime Zen practitioner and world-renowned writing teacher Natalie Goldberg learns that she has a life-threatening illness, she is plunged into the challenging realm of hospitals, physicians, unfamiliar medical treatments, and the intense reality of her ow...

The most basic, clear principles of Tibetan Buddhism are here lucidly presented by a renowned modern teacher and monk. Tai Situpa illuminates Buddhist teachings in commonplace terms, using down-to-earth examples - making this a perfect handbook for beginners as well as an excellent companion for long-time students.

Some kind of pranayama exercise is a regular feature in most Yoga classes, and this book brings the serious practitioner to a more advanced level.

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A modern Zen classic--reissued with new material: An introduction to the great tenth-century Chinese master, with translations of his key works.Yunmen Wenyan (c. 864-949) was a master of the Chinese Zen (Chan) tradition and one of the most influential teachers in its history, showing up in many famous koans-in one of which he's credited with the famous line, "Every day is a good day." His teachings are said to permeate heaven and earth, to add...