Tibetan Buddhism - Snow Lion and Shambhala Publications

11/06/2025

In The Flowing River of Dharma, Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo offer a fresh, contemporary exploration of Parting From the Four Attachments, a sacred teaching and foundational Vajrayana Buddhist text received by the great Sakya Lama Drakpa Gyeltsen in the twelfth century.

Using the rime approach, which promotes cross-tradition learning, and the lojong tradition, the authors aim to guide Buddhist practitioners of all backgrounds to lead a meaningful life by discovering the power of renunciation, understanding samsara’s true nature, and cultivating bodhicitta.

Presented in two parts, these lessons and teachings serve to explain each of the four lines and Dharmas in a candid and clearly worded language-based commentary. Modern and accessible, readers will be able to embrace wisdom and enlightenment imparted through generations of esteemed tradition.

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https://www.shambhala.com/.../parting-from-the-four...

11/04/2025

Happy Publication Day to Tilopa’s Mahamudra Upadesha by Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche and translated by David Molk!

All lineages of Mahamudra meditation have their source in a verse teaching—a “song of realization”—sung by the Mahasiddha Tilopa to his disciple Naropa on the banks of the Ganges River more than a thousand years ago. Since that time, the meaning of Tilopa’s instructions has been passed directly from master to disciple in a continuous stream that exists unbroken to this day. This book offers the reader a rare glimpse into the Mahamudra oral transmission, given in a traditional Tibetan context by one of the lineage’s most learned and accomplished contemporary masters.

Mahamudra meditation, while highly advanced, is yet simple, practical, and accessible for anyone, because what is identified and meditated upon is the very nature of one’s own mind. In Sangyes Nyenpa Rinpoche’s words, “The distinction between deception and liberation lies in whether we understand the ever-present nature of our own mind or not. Knowing our own face is liberation; not knowing our own face is samsara. This is not something far distant from us.”

The instructions are ideal for Westerners because the root text is manageable and Rinpoche has provided an outline of his own composition that makes it easily understandable. He explains terminology with frequent comparisons between Dzogchen and Mahamudra, quotes prolifically from scripture, gives clear examples, and generally cajoles, admonishes, and encourages his listeners to be true to their own spiritual path.

Click the link to order your copy today.
https://www.shambhala.com/tilopa-s-mahamudra-upadesha.html

10/20/2025

Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche on Khangsar Tenpa'i Wangchuk

Buckle up friends, this is a great one.

One of the greatest Dzogchen Masters of the late 20th and early 21st century was Khangsar Tenpa'i Wangchuk. Shambhala Publications is publishing his Collected Works, translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. The third volume on Longchenpa's Cho Ying Dzod, comes out in January 2026.

Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche gave a series of oral transmissions for these texts and in this video, we collected his teaching and on-the-fly translations from the first volume. We hope you will find this as irresistible as we do.

One of the greatest Dzogchen Masters of the late 20th and early 21st century was Khangsar Tenpa'i Wangchuk. Shambhala Publications is publishing his Collec...

09/11/2025

Diana J. Mukpo, an important figure in the Buddhist world as well as the Shambhala community (no relation to Shambhala Publications), has passed away. Read our short remembrance here.

Diana Mukpo, author, teacher, and the wife of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, passed away on September 11, 2025.

08/22/2025

A very worthwhile half hour of your time. Anam Thubten's wonderful talk about Lama Tharchin Rinpoche's heart project, the Do Gyud Dzod, or The Complete Nyingma Tradition which has 5 volumes released so far with more on the way. Full of recollections of Rinpoche and Pema Osel Ling.

Marking the anniversary of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, Anam Thubten Rinpoche gave the oral transmission of the root verses of the multi-volume Complete Nyingma T...

08/19/2025

Happy Publication Day to The Vital Essence of Dzogchen!

Seamlessly interweaving the language of science with the sublime teachings of Buddhism, B. Alan Wallace presents a modern commentary on a pivotal Tibetan retreat manual, Extracting the Vital Essence of Accomplishment: Concise and Clear Advice for Practice in a Mountain Retreat by twentieth-century Nyingma master, Düdjom Rinpoché. The root text offers practical step-by-step instructions for dedicated practice in meditation retreat—wherever one may be—and Wallace’s commentary elucidates the enduring relevance of these teachings for our contemporary context.

The commentary includes four concise and powerful meditation practices, guided by Wallace, to bring the teachings into one’s immediate experience. This volume serves as a practice manual for those familiar with the teachings of Dzogchen and as a clear guide to this pinnacle of Buddhist paths for those interested in broader questions about direct and unmediated insight into the fundamental nature of awareness. “By extracting the essence of all meditative accomplishment through the practice of Dzogchen,” Wallace states, “you draw forth the vital essence of consciousness itself.”

Click the link to order your copy today.
https://www.shambhala.com/the-vital-essence-of-dzogchen.html

07/28/2025

Our latest Tibetan Buddhism newsletter, packed with an important oral transmission happening in 10 days, an incredible video on the Tibetan Book of the Dead already watched by many thousands, 8 new books, and more. http://shmb.la/tibetan-news-july25

And if this was not in your email this morning, make sure you are signed up for it here: https://www.shambhala.com/email-signup/

07/20/2025

Strap in folks. This is well worth an hour of your time. Francesca Freemantle is a treasure, and it would be hard to listen to this and not be in awe. We hope you enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rZOYWvmlBQ

Thanks to Watkins Books for hosting this event.

This is one that we really recommend you dedicate a full hour to - it is that good. Translator and author Francesca Freemantle on Chogyam Trungpa and the fa...

07/14/2025

Happy birthday, Pema Chödrön!⁠
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Let compassion and fearlessness guide you and you’ll live wisely and effectively in good times and bad. But that’s easier said than done. Pema Chödrön offers a treasure trove of wisdom for learning to step right into the unknown, living an open-hearted life, and completely and fearlessly embracing the groundlessness of being human. ⁠
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For her 89th birthday, join us in celebrating Ani Pema and all that she has to teach us.

💛⁠ Browse our Pema Reader's Guider: https://www.shambhala.com/pema-chodron/

07/06/2025

The video of Joanna discussing the Shambhala notion of a warrior is pretty amazing.

A guide to the many works by, about, or inspired by the great teacher Joanna Macy published by Shambhala Publications.

06/30/2025

Join Tibet House US on Saturday, July 12 for a live, complete reading of one of the Dalai Lama's most beloved texts, The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva.

The text is best known as the source of His Holiness’s favorite prayer, "For as long as space endures, And for as long as living beings remain, Until then may I too abide, To dispel the misery of the world." Participants including Venerable Thubten Chodron, Pico Iyer, Ruth King, Robert Thurman, Tenzin Dickie, Shantum Seth and others will offer a chapter in celebration of the wisdom and compassion His Holiness has given the world throughout his life.

This event is free and online only. Click the link below to learn more!

July 12th, 2025 11:00am – 4:00pm EST Online Only | Free Please join Tibet House US in celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday with a live, complete reading of one of His Holiness’s most beloved texts, The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva. The text is best known as the so...

06/26/2025

For email subscribers, we shared this profile of Jigme Lingpa this morning. We hope you enjoy it!