RESOURCES

Book store

Please check our store, Wang Tang, for practice supplies or study materials. It is located on the lower level of the Shambhala Center. If you are in need of something not currently in stock, perhaps it can be ordered. Contact Mary MacEachen with questions, 651.292.0266, marym52@comcast.net.

Library of books and tapes

We have a selection of dharma books in our library, as well as tape recordings of teachings that have been given at our Center over the years.

Thanks to the efforts of the library volunteers, under the direction of our Senior Dharma Librarian, Mark Wilhelmi.

To check out a book, write your name, your email address, and today's date on the green library card in the back of the book. Put the card in the little plastic box. You may keep it for a month.

To return a book, put it in the "returns" basket. The librarians will re-shelve it.

To donate books, put them in the "donations" basket. Right now, we are especially looking for books by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and Pema Chodron. All Dharma books are welcome. They will be reviewed by the library staff, and either placed in the collection or used to generate funds for book purchases.

Publications

The Dot

The Dot is Shambhala's community newspaper. Read about events and issues, histories and happenings of Shambhala centers around the world, and how different community members cope with the challenges and rewards of meditation and everyday life. Each issue includes a teaching on meditation and post meditation, as well as international announcements from individuals, meditation groups, and practice centers. The Dot is issued four times a year. Nothing happens and they report it. http://www.shambhalashop.com/dot/

Shambhala Sun

Issued bi-monthly, the Shambhala Sun was found in 1978 by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.  Called the Vajradhatu Sun in his day, it was the leading Buddhist newspaper of the era when Buddhism was emerging as a major spiritual force in the West. Now known as the Shambhala Sun, it is respected for the quality of its writing and the beauty of its design. It’s the place where ancient wisdom meets contemporary thinkers and writers. http://www.shambhalasun.com/

Buddhadharma, The Practitioner's Quarterly

This is a relatively new quarterly magazine from the publishers of the Shambhala Sun. It is an in-depth practice oriented journal for everyone with a serious interest in Buddhism, no matter what Buddhist path one follows.

http://www.thebuddhadharma.com/index.html

Books by our teachers

by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

• Turning the Mind into an Ally
• Ruling Your World
• Snow Lion's Delight – poetry
• Smile of the Tiger – poetry

by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

• Born in Tibet, 1966, autobiography, story of escaping Tibet
• Meditation in Action, 1969
• Mudra, 1972
• Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, 1973
• The Dawn of Tantra, by Herbert Guenther and Chogyam Trungpa, 1975
• Glimpses of Abhidharma, 1975
• The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation through Hearing in the Bardo, translated by Francesca Fremantle and Chogyam Trungpa, 1975
• The Myth of Freedom, 1976
• The Rain of Wisdom, 1980
• Journey Without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha, 1981
• The Life of Marpa the Translator, 1982
• First Thought Best Thought: 108 Poems, 1984
• Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, 1984
• Crazy Wisdom, 1991
• The Heart of the Buddha, 1991
• Orderly Chaos: The Mandala Principle, 1991
• Secret Beyond Thought: The Five Chakras and the Four Karmas, 1991
• The Lion’s Roar: An Introduction to Tantra, 1992
• Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos, 1992
• Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving Kindness, 1993
• Glimpses of Shunyata, 1993
• The Art of Calligraphy: Joining Heaven and Earth, 1994
• Illusion’s Game: The Life and Teaching of Naropa, 1994
• The Path is the Goal: A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation, 1995
• Dharma Art, 1996
• Timely Rain: Selected Poetry of Chogyam Trungpa, 1998
• Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala, 1999
• Glimpses of Space: The Feminine Principle and Evam, 1999
• The Essential Chogyam Trungpa, 2000
• Glimpses of Mahayana, 2001
• Glimpses of Realization, 2003
• The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volumes 1-8, 2003
• True Command: The Teachings of the Dorje Kasung, Vol. I, The Town Talks, 2004

by the Vajra Regent and the Acharyas

Osel Tendzin

• Buddha in the Palm of Your Hand

Pema Chodron

• The Wisdom of No Escape
• Start Where You Are
• When Things Fall Apart
• The Places That Scare You
• Tonglen: The Path of Transformation
• Comfortable with Uncertainty
• No Time to Lose
• Practicing Peace in Times of War

Jeremy Hayward

• Perceiving Ordinary Magic: Science and Intuitive Wisdom
• Sacred World
• Letters to Vanessa

Judith Lief

• Making Friends with Death

by other senior teachers

Helen Berliner

• Enlightened by Design

Reggie Ray

• Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism
• Secret of the Vajra World: The Tantric Buddhism of Tibet
• Buddhist Saints in India: Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations
• In the Presence of Masters:  Wisdom from 30 Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Teachers

Irini Rockwell

• The Five Wisdom Energies, A Buddhist Way of Understanding Personalities, Emotions and Relationships

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