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Feeling Happy

Feeling Happy helps you explore what happiness is and offers practical steps toward cultivating happiness as a deep, embodied expression of life and connection to others. Using familiar examples from everyday life, traditional understanding of one’s search for happiness, stories, and humor, Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor demonstrate how to find your way back home to the essence of who you are, and the direct experience of what it feels like to be truly happy.

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Working with Difficult Emotions

11 Books for Working with Difficult Emotions

With the rise of global disasters, political conflict, and social unrest, alongside increased distractions that negatively effect us mentally and emotionally, it's difficult to find peace inside and out. Many of our books are geared toward learning how to reframe our mind and heart to work with unsettling world events, challenging relationships, and inner conflict. If you're looking for a good place to start, here are 11 books for working with difficult emotions like anger and fear in the face of conflict and uncertainty.

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Zen Master Shundo Aoyama

We paid a visit to Zen Master Shundo Aoyama at her nunnery in Nagoya, Japan, and she shared with us some words that capture the essence of her book, Zen Seeds: 60 Essential Buddhist Teachings on Effort, Gratitude, and Happiness.

Shambhala Author Events

Teachings and Empowerments Related to the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro

Teachings and Empowerments Related to the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro

Jan 7 - February 1, 2025 | Ramhiti-Siddhinagar, near Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu

The Five Ranks of Zen | Gerry Shishin Wick | Boulder Bookstore

The Five Ranks of Zen | Gerry Shishin Wick | Boulder Bookstore

Thursday, January 23, 2025 | 6:30 PM Mountain Time | Boulder Bookstore (Boulder, CO)

Down to Earth Dharma | Rebecca Bradshaw | Odyssey Bookshop

Down to Earth Dharma | Rebecca Bradshaw | Odyssey Bookshop

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | 7:00 PM Eastern Time | Odyssey Bookshop (South Hadley, MA)