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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.

20 Tong-len Meditation 1, Supported by Compassionate Presence to Feelings: Taking Your Own Painful Feelings into Compassion read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

02 Settling Into Body and Breath read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

07 Field of Care Meditation 2: Invoking a Benefactor or a Spiritual Field read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

05 Walking Meditation read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

19 Tong-len Meditation 1, Supported by a Field of Care: Taking Your Own Painful Feelings into Compassion read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

03 Settling Into the Grounded Feeling of the Body read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

08 Field of Care Meditation 3: Yourself as a Loving Presence to Another read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

11 Letting Be of Body, Breath, and Mind Meditation read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

09 Field of Care Meditation 4: Deepening Receptivity to Love and Compassion read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

04 Settling Into Sound read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

22 A Meditation for Extending Compassion to Those Suffering Injustices and to Those In Opposition read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

15 Compassion Meditation 1, Supported by a Field of Care: Turning Our Suffering Feelings into Compassion for Others read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

01 Abdominal Breathing read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

18 Compassion Meditation 2: Generating a Strong Will of Compassion for Action read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

10 Compassionate Presence to Feelings Meditation read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

21 Tong-len Meditation 2: Deepening and Expanding Compassion read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications

16 Compassion Meditation 1, Supported by Compassionate Presence to Feelings read by John Makransky by Shambhala Publications