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 formative childhood experiences, influential teachers, songs that rocked their world, times of despair and triumph, books that opened their consciousness, and so much more.⁠

In the first two episodes, Ivan Bercholz (co-owner of Shambhala Publications) queries John Canti, a founding member of the Padmakara Translation Group and Senior Editor at 84000 about the path that has led him to This Very Moment. Packed with amazing, surprising and often humorous stories of some of the great masters of the 2th century I think you will find it incredibly worthwhile. And there are lots more on the way.

This original Shambhala Publications podcast channel will continue with occasional talks and conversations

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 his teaching and on-the-fly translations of some of the passages that moved him from the first volume of the Collected Works. We hope you will find this as irresistible as we do.

For the books in this series, see http://shmb.la/ktw-author

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.

Uncover your innate capacity for love, presence, and wisdom with compassion training adapted from Tibetan Buddhism and contemporary psychology.

Everything we care about—our mental and physical well-being, our relationships, our spiritual life, our ability to be useful to others—depends on our ability to access love and compassion within ourselves first. This clear, step-by-step guide offers a way to cultivate this power through an evidence-based meditation method called Sustainable Compassion Training (SCT).

With practices drawn from Tibetan traditions, attachment theory, and cognitive science, How Compassion Works uses a progressive series of meditations to gradually build our capacity for mindfulness and presence—and to help us avoid empathic distress, compassion fatigue, or burnout. Organized into three categories—receptive mode, deepening mode, and inclusive mode—these practices help us cultivate unconditional care and discernment from within.

With a flexible framework that allows practitioners to integrate their own religious or spiritual beliefs, this book offers practices suitable for people of all faiths and those seeking a purely secular path.

​​​​​​​Running time: 9 hours, 42 minutes

Cut through the noise and explore mind-changing Buddhist teachings from one of the clearest voices from the Tibetan tradition. 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.

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.

Running time: 5 hours, 59 minutes

A definitive guide for navigating cognitive decline using mindfulness and meditation practices that includes practical advice and poignant stories from a Buddhist chaplain diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment.

When Buddhist chaplain Sharon Lukert was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), she turned to spiritual practice and community to help her adjust to a new and ever-shifting reality. In Until My Memory Fails Me, she shares her hard-won wisdom as a guide for anyone standing at the gateway of cognitive decline.

Running time: 6 hours, 49 minutes

A fresh, nuanced view of Zen integrates relational and emotional skill-building with traditional practices in a spiritual “cross-training” approach suited for the unique demands of modern life.

This compelling and innovative view of Zen practice gives people in their 20s and 30s a contemporary approach to spiritual development that is meaningful and actionable within the complexities of modern life. Grounded deeply in the tradition of Soto Zen, professional mediators and Zen practitioners, Diane Hamilton and Gabriel Wilson extol the virtues of sitting meditation, dharma study, and the student-teacher relationship. At the same time, they offer insight into the importance of emotional development and the maturation of relationship skills. This approach draws on insights from Integral psychology as taught by philosopher Ken Wilber, neurophysiology, trauma work, adult development, and teachings of the Zen masters to

develop interpersonal communication skills;

blend the spiritual path with the realities of contemporary life;

learn how to navigate issues of inclusivity and diversity;

explore issues of identity;

train our power of attention rather than get caught up in social media, division, and crisis;

mature our emotional and relational skills;

and much more.

Complete with practices, exercises, and reflections in each chapter, this book offers an accessible, insightful approach to becoming more personally effective, compassionate, and spiritually awake.

Running time: 6 hours, 10 minutes

A dramatic coming-of-age story and spiritual memoir that traces through the horrors of combat to discovering a spiritual approach that maps one soldier’s journey from the horrors of combat to his discovery of a spiritual approach that heals violence from the inside out.

Running time: 5 hours, 54 minutes

In this exploration of humanity, morality, religious practice, and leading a good life based on traditional Confucian thought, you are invited on a path of transformation. The unexpected depths to be found in Confucianism surprised author Charles Jones when he began teaching East Asian religions to undergraduate students thirty years ago. It raised fascinating questions relevant to life today, like what does it mean to be human? To understand the Confucian answers to these questions, Jones familiarizes us with Confucius, his main successors, and the situations to which their writings responded.

But this is not another textbook introduction to Chinese religion and thought. Jones is an engaging, inquisitive scholar and thought provocateur whose ideas address problems all of us face throughout our lives. By engaging with the Confucian ideas explored in this book, like rethinking “human nature” and uncovering cultural presuppositions previously unnoticed, you might discover new horizons and possibilities for your life that previously you never could have imagined. And you will discover Confucius in an all-new light as a profound shaper of modern thought as much as Aristotle and Lao-tzu—whose revolutionary ideas have the power to change your mind for the better.

04 Settling Into Sound read by Paul Condon by Shambhala Publications