Great Eastern Sun : The Wisdom of Shambhala

InShambhala: The Sacred Path of the WarriorChouml;gyam Trungpa offers an inspiring and practical guide to enlightened living based on the Shambhala journey of warriorship, a secular path taught internationally through the Shambhala Training program.Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhalais a continuation of that path.Shambhalawas an exploration of human goodness and its potential to create an enlightened society-a state that the author calls "nowness." And in that spirit of nowness,Great Eastern Sun-which is accessible to meditators and nonmeditators alike-centers on the question, "Since we're here, how are we going to live from now on?"

Master of meditation, social visionary, author, artist, poet—Ch÷gyam Trungpa (1939–1987) founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and Vajradhatu, an international association of meditation centers (now known under the name Shambhala International).