Tibetan Buddhism - Snow Lion and 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!

06/24/2025

We honor the peerless master Mipham Rinpoche, whose anniversary is today. Here is an updated guide to his works in English:

A guide to one of the most important figures of Tibetan Buddhism, the great 19th century yogi scholar Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche.

06/19/2025

His Holiness relates how, despite the chaos of his escape from the invasion of Tibet he managed to take a very special book with him, The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path, or LamRim Chenmo, by the 14th century master Tsongkhapa. This book is now available in a new edition.

http://shmb.la/great-treatise-flex

06/10/2025

Happy Publication Day to How Not to Miss the Point by Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche!

We’re bombarded with advice about how to live—how to find happiness, how to maintain relationships, how to help the world—and yet has this advice brought us peace? In How Not to Miss the Point, beloved Buddhist teacher Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche focuses on the Buddha’s core teachings, basic principles that are universally true, whether we are Buddhist or not, as a way to cultivate our inner light and work for good, no matter how the world unfolds around us.

Because the simplicity of the Buddha’s fundamental teachings can often get lost in complexity, Rinpoche goes straight to their heart to convey the Buddha’s core message: If we want this life—our own life, the lives of others, and the life of our planet—to be fulfilling and good, we must accept responsibility for cultivating the best qualities of our human mind. To put the how-and-why into practice, Rinpoche guides us through the steps of the Buddha’s path.

Written in her direct and personal style, it’s the perfect “first book” for anyone curious about Buddhism, as well as those with experience who will benefit from her powerful message.

Click the link to get your copy today!
https://www.shambhala.com/how-not-to-miss-the-point.html

06/07/2025

Major Oral Transmission from Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche This Week!

Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche will be giving a reading transmission of the works of Khangsar Tenpa’i Wangchuk.

Khangsar Tenpa’i Wangchuk (1938 – 2014) was a monk and terton of the Nyingma school. While imprisoned for twelve years during the Cultural Revolution, he continued his dedicated practice alongside other great masters. In his later years, he focused on teaching, writing, and restoring the monasteries of Khangsar Taklung and Panak in the region of Golok, Tibet.

His writings include commentaries on two of Longchenpa’s Seven Treasuries (the first to be composed since Longchenpa’s own autocommentaries) along with detailed expositions of Dzogchen practice and commentaries on such texts as the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, the Prayer of Excellent Conduct, and other aspiration prayers.

The third volume in English, on Longchenpa's Cho Ying Dzod, comes out later this year.

⚠️This transmission will be given via Zoom from Sunday 8 June 2025 for around two hours a day. It is not yet known how long this transmission will take, but it will take at least one week.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81364714219

Times:
France: 15:00
UK: 14:00
New York: 09:00
Colorado: 07:00
California: 06:00
New Delhi: 18:30
Thimpu: 21:00

Last fall, Rinpoche gave a talk before doing a transmission of one of the texts which you can view here: https://www.shambhala.com/videos/jigme-khyentse-on-khangsar-tenpai-wangchuk/

For the volumes by Khangsar Tenpa'i Wangchuk published so far, see https://www.shambhala.com/authors/u-z/khangsar-tenpa-i-wangchuk.html.
Kathmandu: 18:45

06/03/2025

Happy Publication Day to the second edition of What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche!

So you think you’re a Buddhist? Think again. Tibetan Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, one of the most creative and innovative lamas teaching today, throws down the gauntlet to the Buddhist world, challenging common misconceptions, stereotypes, and fantasies. With humor and irony, Dzongsar Khyentse urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism—beyond the romance with beads, incense, or exotic robes—straight to the heart of what the Buddha taught.⁠
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Packed with new material, this second edition of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse’s classic now features an incisive critique of contemporary Western approaches to Buddhism that lead to some fundamental misunderstandings, paired with a heartfelt encouragement of the power of the teachings to transform us if we approach them with the right intention and view. This edition also includes an all-new discussion of what does make you a Buddhist as well as updated material throughout.⁠
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Click the link to order your copy today.⁠
https://www.shambhala.com/what-makes-you-not-a-buddhist.html

05/27/2025

Happy Publication Day to the new edition of Voices of Our Ancestors by Dhyani Ywahoo!

Follow the time-honored Tsalagi way to generate happiness and good relationships, fulfill your life purpose, manifest peace and abundance, and renew the planet.

Voices of Our Ancestors has resonated with thousands of readers wishing to ground their lives in harmony and well-being. In this new expanded edition, Dhyani Ywahoo, the twenty-seventh generation of the Ywahoo lineage of the Eastern Tsalagi (Cherokee) people, shares precious oral teachings of her family that remain timely, powerful, and accessible.

The Tsalagi worldview emphasizes the three fundamental principles of intention, compassion, and doing good. We have the opportunity to let go of fear and aggression and begin to live a life of enlightened consciousness, with tools like:
• Meditations;
• Healing rituals;
• Instructions for working with crystals; and
• Teachings on how to practice generosity and harmony.

Weaving together Buddhist and Native American traditions as a teacher of two Tibetan Buddhist lineages, Ywahoo offers practical ways of transforming obstacles into happiness. With a powerful, prophetic, and compassionate voice, she calls on us to become peacekeepers in our hearts and in the world.

🌄 Learn more on our website: shambhala.com/voices-of-our-ancestors.html

05/21/2025

Happy Publication Day to Wondrous Ocean of Eloquence translated by Gyurme Dorje⁠!

This is the first ever English translation of a multilayered and comprehensive historiographical volume on the political, artistic, architectural, biographical, and mystical dimensions of the Taklung, one of four primary subsects of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. The bulk of the volume is a translation of an early seventeenth-century Tibetan history by Taklung Ngawang Namgyel and includes supplements to that history written in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Centering an otherwise marginal and understudied Buddhist tradition, this volume contains an extraordinary wealth of historical, religious, and biographical information not found in any other published work. It is a complex tale of Tibetan religiopolitical maneuvering in the face of centuries of civil unrest and armed conflict with Central Asian warring dynasties. This volume includes glossy color images of recently discovered twelfth-century portraits and inscriptions and an introductory essay by art historian Jane Casey.

🌊 Learn more on our website: shambhala.com/wondrous-ocean-of-eloquence-9781559395069.html

04/25/2025

May 7, join Prof Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D, Carolyn Rose Gimian, Prof Lee Worley, Judy Lief, Prof Mitchell Levy, MD for their individual talks on the spiritual, humanitarian, artistic, and scholarly vision in Trungpa Rinpoche’s life and work followed by discussion with Dr Brion Sweeney.

Click the link for more information.
https://www.shambhala.com/events/chogyam-trungpa-the-spiritual-humanitarian-artistic-and-scholarly-vision-in-his-life-and-work-online/

04/21/2025

Dealing with chronic illness can be an isolating and challenging experience. Whether it’s you or someone you love, it’s common to struggle with feelings of fear, sadness, or anger as you navigate the uncertainty of your experience. The practices here help those facing illness, as well as their loved ones, embrace the present moment, make peace with themselves, and deepen interpersonal connections. Working through each personal reflection and guided meditation, one day at a time, readers will regain the strength to live fully and enhance their capacities for gratitude, generosity, and love—regardless of the changes and challenges that come.

Backed by research and clinical studies, and interspersed with stories from the author’s own experiences working in end-of-life care, this book is a welcome offering for all of us to treat ourselves and those around us gently in order to live more fully. The book’s three parts—Mindfulness, Compassion, and Connectedness—each contain prompts for meditations, reflective writing, and daily practices that are rooted in Buddhism and can benefit everyone. Frequent reminders to “pause now” encourage us to be where we’re at and move at a pace that is comfortable.

Updated for the first time since 2011, this new edition offers a refreshed and inviting presentation of Susan Bauer-Wu’s practical advice. It includes a new cover, updated front matter, and a few new chapters. It has been revised to expand its audience to include loved ones and caregivers, as well as those living with serious illness.

Click the link preorder your copy of Leaves Falling Gently by Susan Bauer-Wu.
https://www.shambhala.com/leaves-falling-gently.html

04/19/2025

On sale June 3: The Second Edition of What Makes You Not a Buddhist

So you think you’re a Buddhist? Think again. Tibetan Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, one of the most creative and innovative lamas teaching today, throws down the gauntlet to the Buddhist world, challenging common misconceptions, stereotypes, and fantasies. With humor and irony, Dzongsar Khyentse urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism—beyond the romance with beads, incense, or exotic robes—straight to the heart of what the Buddha taught.

Packed with new material, this second edition of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse’s classic now features an incisive critique of contemporary Western approaches to Buddhism that lead to some fundamental misunderstandings, paired with a heartfelt encouragement of the power of the teachings to transform us if we approach them with the right intention and view. This edition also includes an all-new discussion of what does make you a Buddhist as well as updated material throughout.

Click the link to preorder your copy today.
https://www.shambhala.com/what-makes-you-not-a-buddhist.html