Mindfulness-Awareness Meditation
See set AS6 under “Sounds True” section. Also in the video section - BR11-DVD: Turning the Mind into an Ally, a DVD by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche includes excellent guided meditation. Books which include commentary on the path of mindfulness-awareness meditation include BR11: Turning the Mind into an Ally, BR1: Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, BR3: The Path is the Goal, and BR4: The Heart of the Buddha. These four books are by Pema Chödrön’s teachers Chögyam Trungpa and Sakyong Mipham.
We recommend that students receive in-person meditation instruction from an authorized Shambhala instructor (or some other genuine lineage) if at all possible. We would be happy to answer questions about meditation practice. Feel free to call (269) 384-4167 or write gptapes@aol.com
A106: PEACEFUL ABIDING MEDITATION: When Things Fall Apart. Shamatha Teachings, New York City 2004. Pema Chödrön gives a straightforward and practical presentation on how to develop a stable, open, and strong mind in the midst of the chaotic, painful, and groundless experiences of our lives. An additional theme is how not to respond to pain by hardening into self-righteous, aggressive, fundamentalist attitudes. This is our best short teaching series on mindfulness meditation, excellent for beginners, as well as for more experienced practitioners. 4 talks on 5 tapes or 6 CDs $53; MP3 CD $32.
A106-1&2 (talk 1): First principle of meditation: Recognizing what's happening. This talk, presents the basic rationale and approach of mindfulness practice. Begins with guided, introductory mindfulness meditation by Jane Kolleeny. 2 tapes, $18 or 2CDs $14.50.
A106-3 (talk 2): Second principle of meditation: Interrupting chain reactions. A key emphasis is adopting an attitude of gentleness and respectfulness in the process of labeling thoughts and returning to the object of meditation. Begins with guided, introductory mindfulness meditation by Jane Kolleeny. 1 tape: $12.00. 2 CDs: $14.50.
A106-4 (talk 3): Third principle of meditation: Connecting with the immediacy of experience. Not struggling with what is: discovering relaxation. Knowing one's own fear and suffering, and knowing that of others'. Compassionate abiding meditation. 1 tape: $12. 1 CD: $12.
A106-5 (talk 4): Questions and Answers. Pema Chödrön addresses questions about the desire to hold onto thoughts, the experience of loneliness on the spiritual path, working with the tendency to watch and evaluate one's practice, compassionate action, how to practice with the horror of extreme pain, the value and pitfalls of desire, living in the present but planning for the future, and the middle way between eternalism and nihilism. Good questions, much practical wisdom. Begins with short compassionate abiding meditation by Jane Kolleeny. 1 tape: $12. 1 CD: $12.
A105: SHAMBHALA MOUNTAIN CENTER'S LEARNING TO STAY. August 2003. Pema Chödrön and Dale Asrael. Meditation practice reveals our subtle reactions to the discomfort and anxiety that arise in everyday experience. By staying still and relating to this directly, we begin to free ourselves from painful habits, opening our hearts and minds to the preciousness of the present moment. For the set: 11 tapes $132; 21 CDs $157; 2 MP3 CDs $78.50.
Talk 1: Pema Chödrön and Dale Asrael - An Introduction to Retreat Practice. In praise of teachers; using confusion as the working basis; whatever occurs, that's the path; and the importance of postmeditation on retreat. (Downpour of rain in background, but good sound quality). 1 tape $12 or 1 CD $12
Talk 2: Dale Asrael - Basic Meditation Instruction and Guided Meditation. View, practice, postmeditation, and discussion. Excellent basic meditation instruction. 1 tape $12.00 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 3: Pema Chödrön - Popping the Bubble of Ego. How to get from here to there: to “everything is workable”. Learning to stay - to be fully present with shenpa and staying with the soft spot. 1 tape $12 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 4: Dale Asrael - Guided Meditations. Meditation with sound, introduction to walking meditation, being honest with what's going on, meditation with shenpa. 1 tape $12.40 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 5: Pema Chödrön - Choosing a Fresh Alternative. Reviewing 3 steps for working with shenpa. Recognition is the end of ignorance. Lojong slogan: “practice the three difficulties”. Interrupt the momentum of the shenpa. The only place to find the soft spot is by touching the direct experience of shenpa. 1 tape $12.00 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 6: Dale Asrael - Further Meditation Instruction. Further walking meditation instruction, review and commentary on technique of synchronizing stepping and breathing. Review of “fresh start”. Distinguishing mental commentary from direct experience. 1 tape $12.00 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 7: Pema Chödrön - Going Beyond Righteousness. Life force is like water, which could be flowing, or frozen, or blocked. We have the innate ability to melt the ice. How we need to point ourselves in the direction of total freedom from bias. 1 tape $12 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 8: Dale Asrael - More Guided Meditations. Rain sound practice. Bringing attention to what is happening, light touch of awareness. Exploring body meditation. 1 tape $12.00 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 9: Pema Chödrön - Making Friends with Ourselves. Review of the key points. Making friends with ourselves is the basis for making friends with others. Working with our resistance to life as it is. Moving towards groundlessness and relaxing with it. Training ourselves to open to it all - the shenpa of blame and the shenpa of praise. 1 tape $12 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 10: Dale Asrael - More Meditations with the Body. A practice period with guided meditation and questions and answers. 1 tape $12 or 2 CDs $14.50
Talk 11: Pema Chödrön and Dale Asrael - Bringing This Into Your Life. Contemplating moments of appreciation. The meaning of “sangha” and the vision of enlightened society. Softening the view of “us” and “them”. 1 tape $12 or 2 CDs $14.50
A94: LEARNING TO STAY: A Meditation Weekend together with Jesse Miller. San Francisco Bay Area, September 2002. Through talks, guided meditations and discussion, students will train in simply being present. 8 tapes $96.00; 11 CDs $103.50; 5 DVDs (Pema's talks only) $125. (Note: these are the same talks - unedited - as the Sound's True set “Getting Unstuck”). You may also purchase the set of Pema's talks only: 5 tapes $60.00; 8 CDs $67.50; or 5 DVDs $125.
A94-1: Pema Chödrön. View of Meditation: Itching and Not Scratching. 1 tape $12; 1 CD $12.
A94-2: Jesse Miller. Precise Mindfulness Meditation Instruction. 1 tape $12; 1 CD $12.
A94-3: Pema Chödrön. Shenpa and Shenluk (karma/habitutation and renunciation). 1 tape $12; 2 CDs $14.50.
A94-4: Jesse Miller. Discussion of Meditation Practice: Coming back to the breath and experiencing emotions. 1 tape $12; 1 CD $12.
A94-5: Pema Chödrön. Taking Delight in Meditation. 1 tape $12; 2 CDs $14.50.
A94-6: Jesse Miller. Spacious Mindfulness Meditation Instruction (outbreath as object of meditation). 1 tape $12; 1 CD $12.
A94-7: Pema Chödrön. The Transformative Effect of Learning to Stay. 1 tape $12.00; 2 CDs $14.50.
A94-8: Pema Chödrön. Shenpa and Joy. 1 tape $12; 1 CD $12.
A92: A COURSE IN MINDFULNESS MEDITATION. Gampo Abbey, March 2002. This 5-week course by Pema Chödrön provides a progressive, experiential approach to the view and practice of mindfulness meditation practice. Many guided meditations. These live talks are the basis for the Sounds True CD set "How To Meditate". 8 tapes or 10 CDs $72.50; or MP3 CD $43.
Talk One Learning to be Present: Stabilization and Precision (2 CDs $14.50) and Talk Two Relaxation and Warmth (2 CDs $14.50) - sold together on 3 cassettes $36.
Talk Three Letting Go: Uncovering Buddha Nature (2 CDs $14.50) and Talk Four Working with Emotions - sold together on 3 cassettes $36.
Talk Five Profound View, and Meditation with the Senses (2 CDs $14.50) - 2 cassettes $24.
A60: THE BEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING: Mindfulness Meditation Instruction Contains mindfulness meditation instruction and a discussion of why we practice and how it relates to practicing tonglen. The more we train in opening our minds, the more the practice of tonglen makes sense. 1 tape $12; 1 CD $12 (this is a duplicate of one of the tapes in the “Pure Meditation” set by Sounds True.)
A69: SPECIAL SITTING TECHNIQUES. Short guided meditations on three of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Mindfulness of Body (working with physical pain, drowsiness), Mindfulness of Life (non-grasping, "touch and go"), and Mindfulness of Mind (the balance of spaciousness and reality). Gampo Abbey 1999. 1 tape $12 or 1 CD $12.00.
A44: SITTING AS A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESS.
Halifax, 3/99. Why we meditate. Cultivating a quality of steadfastness, training in clear-seeing, and working with strong emotions. 1 tape $12 or 1 CD $12.A52: PAIN AND COMPASSION. (or Meditation Is Not About Getting It Right). This is about working with our relationship to pain — sitting still (meditating) with disappointment and staying open to what is. 10/97. 1 cassette or 1 CD $12.
A39: WHAT IS THE GAP? Questions and answers (only). Addresses experience of mindfulness meditation. Recommended. 1 cassette tape $12, 2-CDs $14.50.
A57: THE PITH INSTRUCTIONS: "STAY!"
A teaching on maitri and what is the root of happiness. Pema Chödrön compares training our minds to training a puppy to stay. $12 (also available as a DVD $22.50).Working With Discouragement, Depression, and Addictions
A109: CHOOSING A FRESH ALTERNATIVE. For those wishing to explore how we habitually get stuck and how we then unwillingly escalate the very dissatisfaction and pain we long to escape. We can choose to do the same old thing or we can choose the joy of a fresh alternative.
6 tapes $72; 9 CDs $79.50; MP3 CD $48; 6 DVDs $150.
A109-1: Practice the Three Difficulties. Acknowledging that you're hooked; doing something different; and making this a way of life. Becoming enthusiastic about not sowing the seeds of suffering. 1 tape $12; 1 CD $12.
A109-2: Shenpa and the Pause. Emphasis on “acknowledging that you're hooked”. The eight worldly dharmas. 1 tape $12; 2 CDs $14.50.
A109-3: Karmic Seeds. Sowing seeds in the basic ground of alya and burning up the seeds of resistance. Connecting with the immediacy of our experience. 1 tape $12; 1 CD $12.
A109-4: Loving-Kindness To Ourselves. Giving your full, direct attention to anything is the same as expressing loving-kindness. Access to the vast blue sky. 1 tape $12; 2 CDs $14.50.
A109-5: Bringing Together Practice with the Teachings. (Very brief meditation). The different degrees of shenpa when we're meditating. Working with hope and fear. 1 tape (1 side only) $12; 1 CD $12.
A109-6: Choosing a Fresh Alternative. . “Do something different”. Being curious. 1 tape $12; 2 CDs $14.50.
A26-3X: WHAT TO DO WHEN DOUBT ARISES
, a superb tape about “getting real” in practice. (This is part of the A26: The Four Limitless Ones set). 1 tape $12 or 1 CD $12.A47: DISCIPLINE AND DEPRESSION. A transcript of a talk by Trungpa Rinpoche is included with this tape. $12 or 2-CDs $14.50.
A28: A QUESTION OF TRUST. Berkeley Community Talk 9/96. Especially good for practitioners who have gone beyond the “honeymoon” period and are beginning to be bored or disillusioned. 1 cassette $12 or 2 CDs $14.50.
A32: ON NOT SCRATCHING THE WOUND - a talk of Pema Chödrön’s which contains helpful guidance on overcoming addictions of all kinds. "Ultimate loving-kindness to oneself" 1 tape $12; 2-CDs $14.50. Complementary to this is the transcript "How to Work with Addictions" (T3), $1.
A75: WHEN THINGS FALL APART 12/98 (not the book of the same title). How to work with the “falling apart” quality of one's life. The inseparability of groundlessness and warmth. Contains guidance on working with depression. 1 tape $12 or 1 CD $12.
A61: ON BECOMING MORE FLEXIBLE. Inspiring summary of much of Pema Chödrön’s teaching. In questions and answers, there is guidance on working with addictions. 1 tape $12.00 or 2 CDs $14.50.
A5: THE LION'S ROAR - on the workability of all situations, including a humorous presentation on overcoming depression. 1 cassette $12 or 2 CDs $14.50.
Teachings on the Heart Sutra (prajnaparamita sutra)
A25: TEACHINGS ON THE HEART SUTRA.
5 talk set. Largely from the point of view of interdependence, inter-being, as presented by Thich Nhat Hanh, as well as accessing Chögyam Trungpa’s presentation on shunyata in Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. Gampo Abbey, March 1998. 5 cassettes $60, or 9 CDs $70.A25-X: TALK ON THE HEART SUTRA. Gampo Abbey, January 1999. 1 cassette $12.00 or 2-CDs $14.50.
A67-4: EMPTINESS IS GOOD NEWS: The Practice of the Heart Sutra is an excellent summary commentary on this sutra, from the City Retreat I (A67) series. 1 tape $12 or 2 CDs $14.50. Also available on DVD for $25.
(Gentle and Fearless Warriorship in the World)
A71: KNOWING THE NATURE OF FEAR Berkeley 9/99 4 talks. Starting with appreciating the basic goodness of all beings, the Shambhala teachings lead to the discovery of gentleness and fearlessness in everyday life. It is impossible to develop fearlessness without knowing the nature of fear. 4 cassettes $48, 5-CDs $55.50, 4 DVDs $94, or 1 MP3 CD $27.75. Singles in this set include:
A71-1: Working with Fear as a path of Awakening. Introduction to the Shambhala Teachings and Chögyam Trungpa. A secular society that support spiritual growth. Enlightened Society. “Meeting the limits of our openness.” View of basic goodness. Fear as obstacle; fear as place of courage. Warriorship. Knowing fear and experiencing fearlessness. The courage to look closely. Cassette $12.00, DVD $23.50, 2-CDs $14.50
A71-2: Why Meditation? Cassette $12, DVD $23.50, 2-CDs $14.50
A71-3: Fear and Loving-Kindness Cassette $12, DVD $23.50, 1-CD $12
A71-4: Appreciating Sense Perceptions, the Doorway to Reality. Cassette $12, DVD $23.50, 2-CDs $14.50
Also available from this weekend: A71-X: Guided Mindfulness Meditation Instruction with Jesse Miller. Audio cassette only $12.
Also see RK1: Creating Enlightened Society by Robin Kornman.
The Student-Teacher Relationship A125-6: THE SPIRITUAL FRIEND AND THE CRAZY WISDOM GURU. Berkeley, CA. July 2007. This talk is from Pema Chodron’s teachings on “The Myth of Freedom” by Trungpa Rinpoche (A125), and focuses on the “Devotion” chapter. 2 CDs $14.50. A37: DEVOTION.
A2: THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER. Australia, 1994. Pema's personal experience of finding her teacher. The teacher as your connection to wakefulness and being honest with yourself. 1 tape $12 or 1-CD $12.
Vajrayana Teachings (unrestricted)
SB97: DAKINI WISDOM. Taught by Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown at the 2002-2003 Yarne Retreat at Gampo Abbey. She is the author of “Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism”. Here she presents the teachings and lore of the Dakini. These teachings point out and evoke within us the experience of wisdom, emphasizing non-conceptuality. 6 cassette tapes $72.00; 11 CDs $84.50; 1 MP3 CD $42.25; or 6 DVDs $150.
SB97-1: Introduction to the Dakini Wisdom Teachings. 1 tape $12.00; 2 CDs $14.50
SB97-2: The Wisdom of Emptiness. 1 tape $12.00; 2 CDs $14.50
SB97-3: The Wisdom of Devastation: the charnel ground. 1 tape $12.00; 2 CDs $14.50
SB97-4: The Wisdom of Embodiment. 1 tape $12.00; 1 CD $12.00
SB97-5: The Wisdom of Passion. 1 tape $12.00; 2 CDs $14.50
SB97-6: The Wisdom of Protection. 1 tape $12.00; 2 CDs $14.50
A22: THE SADHANA OF MAHAMUDRA. Karme Choling, March 1990. The Sadhana of Mahamudra is practiced at Shambhala Centers and Groups on the new and full moons. Pema Chödrön describes how the sadhana was created by her teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. It includes a line by line commentary, and the relevance of the sadhana to difficult everyday life situations. 3 tape set $36, or 4-CDs $38.50.
A46: THREE METHODS OF WORKING WITH CHAOS. Pema Chödrön summarizes shamatha, lojong and Vajrayana approaches. Lends itself to being played in sections for discussion groups. 1 tape $12 or 1 CD $12
A67-6: INTRODUCTION TO VAJRAYANA. Working with the energy of negative emotions. The 5 Buddha Families. Crazy wisdom. From Pema Chödrön's City Retreat: Meditation in Action. 1 tape $12 or 2 CDs $14.50.
Audios by Sounds True and Shambhala Publications
Sounds True and Shambhala Publications has worked closely with Pema Chödrön for many years to produce high quality audios and videos (see also our videos section). The Sounds True series are appropriate for all levels of practitioners and are suitable for those who are unfamiliar with Buddhist terminology.
AS1: Awakening Compassion: Meditation Practice For Difficult Times. 6 cassettes $37.21 or 6 CDs $48.96. How to make friends with the painful parts of your life experience and how to use your natural courage and honesty to transform even the most difficult situations. Practices for dealing with anger, jealousy, and fear. How to change the habits that shut you off from those you love the most. Transforming conflict into genuine communication. Guidance for shedding your cocoon and meeting your world with fresh appreciation. Includes 9-page booklet with lojong slogans and additional resources.
AS2: Good Medicine: How to Turn Pain into Compassion with Tonglen Meditation. 2 CDs $17.46. This workshop presents the practices of loving-kindness and exchanging oneself for others - the tonglen practice. The differences between mindfulness practice and tonglen are discussed. "How to melt anger and aggression on the spot." Many stories and examples.
Also available as a DVD (see video page).
AS3: Noble Heart: A self-Guided Retreat on Befriending Your Obstacles. 12 CDs $55.96. Four Limitless Ones - maitri, compassion, joy and equanimity - and down-to-earth advice on how to draw strength from them every day, in any situation. Also teachings on how to practice the six paramitas - generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation, and wisdom. How vulnerability is your greatest spiritual resource on the path through life's difficulties. The noble heart sheds its armor, opening itself fearlessly to both heartache and delight
AS4: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times 2 CDs $17.46. How can we go on living "when things fall apart" - when we are overcome by pain, fear, and anxiety? To find the fundamental happiness that is readily available to all of us, we must learn to stop running from suffering, and instead actually learn to approach it - fearlessly, compassionately, and with curiosity. This radical practice enables us to use all situation, even very painful ones, as means for discovering the truth and love that are utterly indestructible.
AS5: Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker in conversation: on the meaning of suffering 2 CDs $10.46. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker reflects, with Pema Chödrön, on anger, joy, fear, and the union of spirituality and social activism. Hear their personal experiences of the "giving and taking" meditation and how it has helped heal their lives. Recorded live at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. Includes a 7-page booklet covering tonglen instructions and suggestions for further reading.
AS6: Pure Meditation 2 CDs $13.96. On the view and practice of mindfulness meditation. Note: if you already have “The Bearable Lightness of Being”, “How to Relax,” and “Meditation is Not About Feeling Good,” this new set draws heavily from these three. Very highly recommended.
AS7: From Fear to Fearlessness 2 cassettes or 2 CDs $17.46. This set is excerpted from the 6-tape Noble Heart set (AS3 below). Teachings on the four immeasurables: maitri (loving-kindness), compassion, joy, and equanimity. Learning to find strength in fear and suffering.
AS8: Getting Unstuck 3 CD set $17.46. Pema Chödrön gives us tools for learning to stay with our uneasiness, and shows us how to recognize shenpa (getting hooked), catch it as it appears, and activate the wisdom and confidence that lies beneath it. These talks are edited from Pema Chödrön's “Learning to Stay” weekend (A94) from Berkeley, CA.
AS9: True Happiness 6 CD set $48.96. Cultivating a life of unconditional joy and the power to benefit others. These are the same talks (edited) as A81: The Root of Happiness set.
AS10: The Places That Scare You 3 CDs $20.96. Audiobook read by Tami Simon.
AS11: Comfortable With Uncertainty 3 CDs $20.96. Audiobook read by Tami Simon.
AS12: The Pema Chodron Collection CD set of Pure Meditation, Good Medicine, and From Fear To Fearlessness sets (above - AS2, AS6, and AS7). $27.96.
AS13: Bodhisattva Mind 7 CD set $48.96. Pema Chödrön explores timeless insights and practices from the teachings of Shantideva's "The Way of the Bodhisattva" to reveal a powerful core truth that can move us all closer to the bodhisattva ideal. NOTE: This is an edited version of the Chapter 5 teachings from the Boulder, CO set A113: Heart Advice, the Path of Awakening.
AP14: It's Up To You. $17.46. by Dzigar Kongtrul. Book on CD read by Pema Chödrön. The Practice of self-reflection on the Buddhist path. Shambhala Publications.
AP15: Practicing Peace in Times of War. 2 CDs $13.96. This set is made up of excerpts from our sets of A88: Going to the Places that Scare You; A94: Learning to Stay, A104: Practicing Peace in Times of War; and A108: Losing Our Appetite For Aggression. These 4 talks contain the original material that inspired Pema Chodron's book of the same title. They stand alone or make a wonderful companion to the book. Shambhala Publications.
AP16: Don't Bite The Hook. 3 CDs $19.96. Finding freedom from anger, resentment, and other destructive emotions. This is an edited version of our A116: No Time To Lose, Pema Chödrön's commentary on chapter 6 of Shantideva's "The Way of the Bodhisattva". Shambhala Publications.
AS18: How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind. 5 CDs $20.96. Traditional insights and personal guidance in 12 sitting sessions. Pema Chödrön will help you honestly meet and compassionately relate to your mind. Note: This is an edited version of our A92: A Course in Mindfulness Meditation.
AP19: This Moment is the Perfect Teacher. 4 CDs $23.96. Pema Chödrön introduces the lojong teachings and explains how we can apply them to any situation in our life. These talks are taken from our set: A66: Working with Pain, Developing Inner Strength.
BR11-DVD: Turning the Mind Into an Ally. The perfect companion to the book Turning the Mind into an Ally on DVD. With humor, clarity, and insight, Sakyong Mipham shows how to turn the mind towards the practice of meditation in everyday life. A talk on meditation, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, March, 2003. Total running time: 97 minutes. Includes bonus 21-minute guided meditation and instruction. $28.00.
AP17: Ruling Your World. Audio. Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, 3 CDs $19.96. In this recorded workshop, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche reveals the spiritual principals of ancient Tibetan Buddhist rulers, as discussed in his book Ruling Your World. He makes these teachings relevant to our daily lives with freshness and wit, explaining how to live life with confidence and composure, how to become happier through putting others first, and how to recognize the basic goodness that is our very nature. This audio program also includes guided contemplative meditation sessions. Shambhala Publications.
RK1: Creating Enlightened Society. In this seminar, Dr. Robin Kornman weaves a delightful and compelling introduction to a whole way of life: an approach to society and politics; to individual training and development towards enlightenment. Included are metaphysical foundations and practical approaches towards creating “enlightened society,” based on the Shambhala teachings of his teacher, Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. Dr. Kornman includes close translation of the Shambhala texts, oral instructions which Trungpa Rinpoche gave to his close students, stories and practices found in the Gesar epoch, and his extraordinary command of the history of Eastern and Western approaches to society and contemplative education.
Talk 1: From the Cosmic Mirror: The Metaphysics of an Enlightened Society; Talk 2: Vipashyana Meditation as the Basis for Enlightened Society: Art in Everyday Life; Talk 3: Oral Teachings of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche: Training the Enlightened Courtier; Talk 4: The Kalachakra Tantra, the Ridgen Kings, and Enlightened Society: The True Nature of the Rigden Kings of Shambhala; Talk 5: King Gesar of Ling: The Shamanic Sources of Enlightened Society.
DVD set $65; CD set $50; or 1 MP3 CD $22.50.
Robin Kornman was a professor of comparative literature, a member of the Nalanda Translation Committee, and was translating the Gesar epic. A long-time student of Vidyadhara, the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Robin was Co-Director of Trungpa Rinpoche’s first retreat center in North America, Karmê Chöling (then called Tail of the Tiger), in 1970, when it was first established. His teachings are a gold mine of Shambhala and Buddhist teachings, as well
as the history and practice of world religions, world culture, and the arts. Dr. Kornman died in July of 2007. He was a beloved teacher, meditation instructor, and mentor for the Shambhala community.
PFK-1C: Poetry from the Kingdom. Recorded live at Shambhala Mountain Center. 1 AUDIO CD $12.00. The first Rigden Abhisheka drew a glorious and representative slice of our ever-burgeoning Shambhala sangha. The poets heard the call of the Mother Lineage - to create culture in the splendid linguistic now. Anne Waldman ~ Gesar Mukpo ~ Pat Donegan ~ Noah Haspray ~ Bill Scheffel ~ Pablo Coddou ~ Kunga Dawa ~ Paul Selva ~ Steve Clorfeine ~ Ethan Nichtern ~ Gary Allen ~ Justin Miles ~ Susan Edwards.
Click here for track list, soundbite and more information. Poetry from the Kingdom
Kalapa Recordings carries a number of audios and videos by Pema Chödrön. Because we do carry a number of single audiotapes which are parts of sets by Kalapa, you may wish to call us or write us about possible redundancies. Two Kalapa sets that are not redundant with our offerings include: “Heart Practice: Widening the Circle of Compassion”, teachings given at the 1992 Vajradhatu Buddhist Seminary at Rocky Mountain Shambhala Center in Colorado, and “The Wisdom of No Escape”, a 3-talk series given in Melbourne, Australia in 1994.