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A unique blend of personal reflection, creative histories, and interview-based nonfiction that vividly imagines the lives of Buddhist women over 2,500 years. Of Mud and Lotuses illuminates the hardships, resilience, and creative ways in which Buddhist women have applied the Dharma to daily life—often in ways that history has ignored. With lyrical storytelling and a perspective informed by decades...

Shambhala Publications is excited to announce an additional podcast that you can find on your favorite podcast aoo by searching for "This Very Moment." In this new podcast, Ivan Bercholz, co-owner of Shambhala Publications, speaks with influential figures about the origins of their spiritual journey. Delve into the stories that have shaped these individuals into who they are today. Hear about form...

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 recording, we collected...

Francesca Freemantle gave this talk at Watkins Books in London in June, 2025. This talk covers a lot of terrain, but most of all, it explores the geography where life and death, meditation, music, art, and literature all meet. We hope you enjoy it.

20 Tong-len Meditation 1, Supported by Compassionate Presence to Feelings: Taking Your Own Painful Feelings into Compassion read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

02 Settling Into Body and Breath read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

07 Field of Care Meditation 2: Invoking a Benefactor or a Spiritual Field read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

05 Walking Meditation read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

19 Tong-len Meditation 1, Supported by a Field of Care: Taking Your Own Painful Feelings into Compassion read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

03 Settling Into the Grounded Feeling of the Body read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

08 Field of Care Meditation 3: Yourself as a Loving Presence to Another read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

11 Letting Be of Body, Breath, and Mind Meditation read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

09 Field of Care Meditation 4: Deepening Receptivity to Love and Compassion read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

04 Settling Into Sound read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

22 A Meditation for Extending Compassion to Those Suffering Injustices and to Those In Opposition read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

15 Compassion Meditation 1, Supported by a Field of Care: Turning Our Suffering Feelings into Compassion for Others read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

01 Abdominal Breathing read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

18 Compassion Meditation 2: Generating a Strong Will of Compassion for Action read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

10 Compassionate Presence to Feelings Meditation read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

21 Tong-len Meditation 2: Deepening and Expanding Compassion read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

16 Compassion Meditation 1, Supported by Compassionate Presence to Feelings read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

06 Field of Care Meditation 1: A Caring Moment read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

Senior Diamond Approach teacher Dominic Liber in conversation and practice with Shambhala Publications staff.

You are about to listen in to a conversation between Leigh Brasington and the entire staff of Shambhala Publications. Leigh is the author of Right Concerntation: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas and is the editor of the newly released The Path of Peace: A Buddhist Guide to Cultivating Loving-Kindness based on talks of his teacher, the Ven Aya Khemma. You will hear Leigh discuss Ayya Khema and her l...