Shambhala Publications

07/23/2025

Bay Area Folks: Do you know anyone facing a diagnosis of cognitive decline?

Author Sharon Lukert will join Readers Bookshop on Wednesday, July 30 at 6:00 PM PT to discuss her new book, Until My Memory Fails Me: Mindfulness Practices for Cultivating Resilience and Self-Compassion in the Face of Cognitive Decline.

Sharon will share her personal journey with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), offering her hard-won wisdom as a guide for anyone standing at the gateway of cognitive decline. She will discuss practical strategies for coping with cognitive changes, drawing on her background as a caregiver and interfaith chaplain.

Learn more & sign up: https://readersbooks.com/event/sharon-lukert-discusses-until-my-memory-fails-me

07/21/2025

Join our team at Shambhala Publications!⁠ 📚⁠
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We're seeking a full-time Marketing Coordinator to assist with promotional campaigns across our Shambhala, Bala Kids, and Snow Lion imprints. This position is a great learning and growth opportunity for someone who is creative, proactive, and passionate about books, especially in the subjects of Buddhism, mindful living, and personal growth. This role is based in Boulder, CO with a flexible WFH schedule. 🏔️⁠
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Shambhala Publications is an equal-opportunity employer that values a diverse and equitable publishing program and workforce.

Learn more about this opening: https://www.shambhala.com/employment/

07/21/2025

Watching this could be the best hour of your day. Francesca Freemantle is a treasure, and it would be hard to listen to this and not be in awe. Demonstrably on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, 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.

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...

07/20/2025

The great author, teacher, thinker, and inspiration to so many Joanna Macy passed away Saturday July 19th. We put together this guide to her works we publish to honor her:

https://www.shambhala.com/joanna-macy/

With gratitude to a life very well-lived.

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

07/17/2025

“‘How Confucius Changed My Mind’ is a necessary provocation. It dares to suggest that Western modernity has not answered all questions; that perhaps our allergy to hierarchy and ritual is a symptom of cultural immaturity rather than enlightenment. As Jones puts it, ‘Real understanding requires we become aware of things we believe on such a deep level that we do not even know we believe them.’ That is the book’s true challenge—and its gift.” –Sri Lanka Guardian⁠
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Click the link to learn more about How Confucius Changed My Mind by Charles B. Jones.⁠
https://www.shambhala.com/how-confucius-changed-my-mind.html

07/15/2025

Are you or someone you love facing a diagnosis of cognitive decline?

Join Book Passage Bookstore & Cafe (Corte Madera, CA) for an author event in celebration of Sharon Lukert's new book, Until My Memory Fails Me. Sharon will discuss her personal journey with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), the role of spirituality and emotional support in navigating cognitive decline, insights from her experience as a caregiver and interfaith chaplain, and more.

There will be a meet & greet and book signing following the event.

07/15/2025

Happy Publication Day to Blossom Awakening! 🌸 🌿 🌷⁠
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🌸 Blossom Awakening: The Life and Poetry of Wandering Monk Saigyō, translated by Peter Levitt and Kazuaki Tanahashi 🌸⁠
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Pause, breathe, and savor the quiet beauty of Saigyō, one of Japan’s most quintessential poets, in this celebration of nature and Buddhist insight.⁠
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Born in the twelfth century during a time of great political upheaval and warfare, Saigyō made the unusual decision in his youth to resign from his respectable post as a guard to the emperor’s family and pursue a life of Buddhist renunciation, wilderness wandering, and poetry. Over the course of his lifetime, he became one of Japan’s most celebrated poets. Today, his spare poems of spiritual longing and aching identification with the natural world continue to inspire fathomless, ineffable emotion in readers all over the world.⁠
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With 193 poems on 11 themes like the moon, journeys, mountain abodes, love, and the dreamlike world, Blossom Awakening reveals Saigyō as a spiritual seeker who gave his life to the artist’s path. Translators Peter Levitt and Kazuaki Tanahashi present their English renderings with the original Japanese text and offer commentary that illuminates the political, religious, and literary dimensions of Saigyō’s life and work.⁠
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🌷Get your copy: https://www.shambhala.com/blossom-awakening.html

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/

07/12/2025

Amidst the Chinese political revolutions and cultural upheavals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a group of dedicated and determined monks, nuns, and laypeople labored to reinvigorate the core practices and teachings of Buddhist China. These men and women—credited with instigating a “Buddhist revival”—overcame a series of obstacles to shore up the foundations of vibrant Buddhist traditions and ensure their transmission to future generations. Their legacies now underlay all the Buddhist teachings practiced throughout China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diaspora today.

This ambitious collection introduces the lives and teachings of eight of these exceptional teachers. We are introduced to Chan masters, Pure Land patriarchs, creative visionaries, disciplined renunciants, accomplished poets, and sophisticated scholars.

Read an excerpt of Buddhist Masters of Modern China here: https://www.shambhala.com/an-excerpt-from-buddhist-masters-of-modern-china

07/11/2025

How can we deepen our relationships? Andrea Miller, editor of Right Here with You, discusses how mindfulness can help us open our hearts, strengthen communication, increase intimacy, and allow us to be more fully present with each other on The Yoga Hour podcast.

Click the link to listen to the full episode.
https://www.theyogahour.com/episodes/deepen-your-relationships-with-mindfulness

07/08/2025

Happy Publication Day to The Art of Japanese Joinery by Kiyosi Seike!

Discover the classic text on Japanese joinery and carpentry, filled with detailed photographs and illustrative drawings

This beautifully redesigned edition of the acclaimed introduction to Japanese joinery examines the unique history and development of Japanese carpentry and illustrates the essential techniques of this historic form of woodworking. It includes:

• Explorations of the genesis and functions of Japanese joinery
• A curated selection of forty-eight key joint methods
• Pages of stunning, detailed photographs
• Clear isometric presentations of the joint types

With the descriptions and illustrative examples provided, even the weekend carpenter can duplicate these techniques, which can be applied to projects as large as the buildings for which most were originally devised or as small as a sewing box.

Visit the link to get your copy: http://shmb.la/japanese-joinery