Suggested Reading

Turning the Mind Into an Ally, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
Many of us are slaves to our minds. Owr own ind is our worst enemy. We try to focus, and our mind wanders off. We try to keep stress at bay, but anxiety keeps us awake at night. We try to be good to the people we love, but then we forget and put ourselves first. And when we want to change our life, we dive into spiritual practice and expect to see quick results, only to lose focus when the honeymoon has worn off. We're left feeling helpless and discouraged. We all have the potential to awaken from the sleep of ignorance. We can create an alliance that allows us to actually use our minds, rather than be used by it. This is a practice anyone can do.

Ruling Your World, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

Most of us are living in a haze—sometimes helping others, sometimes helping ourselves, sometimes happy, sometimes sad. We don’t feel in control of our own lives. The ancient teachings of Shambhala rulership show us that we all have the ability to rule our own world and live with confidence. To do this, we need to use our daily lives to be strong, as opposed to aggressive, and to act with wisdom and compassion. This may sound difficult, but when we begin to mix this ancient wisdom of rulership into our everyday life, we have both spiritual and worldly success. We don’t need to abandon our life and become an ascetic or a monk in order to gain confidence and achieve this success. We can live in the world as a ruler no matter what we are doing.
—from Ruling Your World

Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

The quintessential teachings on Shambhala. "The Shambhala teachings are founded on the premise that there is basic human wisdom that can help to solve the world's problems. This wisdom does not belong to any one culture or religion, nor does it come only from the West or the East. Rather, it is a tradition of human warriorship that has existed in many cultures at many times throughout history.

—from Shambhala:The Sacred Path of the Warrior

The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Our attitudes, preconceptions, and even our spiritual practices can become chains that bind us to repetitive patterns of frustration and despair. Trungpa Rinpoche explains the significant role that meditation plays in bringing into focus the causes of frustration and in allowing these negative forces to become aids in advancing towards true freedom.

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

This book spans the gulf between the esoteric tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the everyday joys, sorrows and questions of spirituality in everyday modern life. This presentation of the spiritual path focuses on the role of expectation and promise of reward.

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