Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior

Chögyam Trungpa

Shambhala, Jan 1, 1984 - Conduct of life - 202 pages

Since ancient times, the path of the enlightened warrior has been a powerful and inspiring ideal, showing us how we can master the challenges of life and draw power not from violence or aggression but through the cultivation of gentleness, courage, and self-knowledge. The "Shambhala" "Book and Card Set" offers a unique way to work with the teachings of warriorship to gain personal freedom and power, overcome negative habitual patterns, and find the sacred dimension of everyday life. This box includes: 53 cards each containing a Shambhala Warrior Slogan with commentary on the reverse side (packaged with a fold-out card stand) an instruction booklet with guidance for applying the slogans to life throughout the day and a paperback edition of "Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, "Chö gyam Trungpa's classic work exploring the principles of warriorship.

About the author

Chogyam Trungpa was one of the most visibly active of the Tibetan Buddhist refugees to come to the West and to lay the foundation in Europe and North America for the study of the Tibetan traditions. Born the son of a farmer and considered the eleventh incarnation of Trungpa Tulku, he was given a traditional training in religious philosophy but in his teens had to be hidden from the invading Chinese. Fleeing in 1959 when the Communists invaded Tibet, he ultimately moved to Great Britain, where he studied comparative religion at Oxford University and established a Tibetan meditation center in Scotland. He moved to the United States in 1970 and established the Buddhist university, Naropa, in Colorado. Naropa became the center for seminars, many of which he cotaught with prominent American artists, scholars, and scientists. His philosophical goal was to present traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachings in a new manner that would help them take root in Western soil. In that way, he would both preserve the insights of his culture and bring Buddhist philosophy to the benefit of humanity at large.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior; Shambhala dragon editions; Shambhala library
• Author: Chögyam Trungpa
• Editor: Carolyn Rose Gimian
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Shambhala, 1984
• ISBN: 0394723295, 9780394723297
• Length: 202 pages