num_pages: 224
description: One of Tibet's highest and most respected lamas elucidates for us the principles of Shambhala or the path to happiness set down by his legendary father Chgyam Trungpa Rinpoche.Dear ReaderWe humans have come to a crossroads in our we can either destroy the world or create a good future. The Shambhala Principle offers the principle of basic goodness as a way of addressing the personal and social challenges that we face. Do we as humans have confidence in the basic goodness of humanity as well as of society itself? As a Tibetan lama and spiritual leader this strikes me as our most compelling global issue.The book revolves around a dialogue with my father the legendary Chgyam Trungpa. Whether his responses were direct or mystical he continuously returned to the topics of basic goodness and enlightened society. Not only did he show me how I could become confident in their existence through awareness and meditation he also taught me how basic goodness is a socially viable standard that could stabilize and transform our world.However this book is not a memoir or even a message. It is an invitation to readers to reflect on their own basic goodness and the basic goodness of society and then contemplate the question Can we rouse our energy and confidence to create a good world that is founded on this principle?I encourage you to join me in this contemplation.Sakyong Mipham
language: English
title: The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure
publisher: Harmony