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Shambhala Warrior Training: How to Manifest Courage, Authenticity & Gentleness in Every Situation of Your Life
In the legendary warrior kingdom of Shambhala, enlightened citizens lived in an advanced society based on fearlessness and nonaggression. Now Shambhala Warrior Training unlocks their how to develop personal power through direct, genuine experience. In this intensive six-CD learning course, Cynthia Kneen presents these ancient teachings as revealed through Tibet's most revered lineage of enlightened warriors. A living synthesis of archetypal, Buddhist, and shamanistic principles, Shambhala Warrior Training teaches you the authentic practices these noble people have used for centuries to cultivate natural bravery, dignity, and gentleness. Join this respected Shambhala teacher as she Through time-tested teachings and practices, Kneen shows you how to manifest warriorship under any circumstances, in every moment of your life. You will discover drala ―the magical strength and wisdom in the world as it is―and learn how to transform fear into fearlessness. Shambhala Warrior Training will guide you along your own personal road to a sacred kingdom, shining with truth and peace, whose legend has endured for more than 2,000 years.
- GenresSpirituality
20 pages, Audio CD
First published January 1, 1997
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August 7, 2017
This is an audiobook edition of an old cassette series (if from the mid-90's is considered old). Cynthia Kneen is a thoughtful, well versed, and compassionate teacher & narrator. If you are a practitioner of Shambhala Buddhism, this is an invaluable resource for understanding the teachings that are aligned with the lineage. If you are not, this book may veer too deeply into the concepts and vernacular of Shambhala teachings, though no more than many excellent books on Zen do the same for that school.
It's an audiobook that invites active listening, rich with wisdom that might best be absorbed in short sessions. The book is broken into about 15 chapters, each with a different concept, so it's easy to approach the teachings as short listening sessions, each chapter like a separate Dharma Talk or podcast.
My only observation that felt a little off-putting, though I actually started to embrace and enjoy it after a few chapters: Kneen uses a LOT of examples. She rarely stops at "like the way we eat our food, or wash the dishes." There are usually four, five, or six examples, so that the message comes across and she covers the waterfront: "like the way we eat our food, or wash the dishes, or walk our dog, or take a bath, or drive our car, or tie our shoes." Once you get used to it, it's actually engaging, but it's worth pointing out that you likely want to just embrace the approach and go along for the ride.
The ride, all in all, is worth taking for anyone interested in, or already following, the Shambhala path.
It's an audiobook that invites active listening, rich with wisdom that might best be absorbed in short sessions. The book is broken into about 15 chapters, each with a different concept, so it's easy to approach the teachings as short listening sessions, each chapter like a separate Dharma Talk or podcast.
My only observation that felt a little off-putting, though I actually started to embrace and enjoy it after a few chapters: Kneen uses a LOT of examples. She rarely stops at "like the way we eat our food, or wash the dishes." There are usually four, five, or six examples, so that the message comes across and she covers the waterfront: "like the way we eat our food, or wash the dishes, or walk our dog, or take a bath, or drive our car, or tie our shoes." Once you get used to it, it's actually engaging, but it's worth pointing out that you likely want to just embrace the approach and go along for the ride.
The ride, all in all, is worth taking for anyone interested in, or already following, the Shambhala path.
May 14, 2026
Not so bad it couldn't be worse, but disappointing. I was curious because a friend whom I greatly respect took the Shambhala training series about 10–12 years ago.
As far as practice is concerned, it could be almost any introductory Buddhist meditation teaching. What's distinctive is that it replaces Buddhist language with imprecise, extended metaphors that confuse the subject and therefore have to be unpacked or explained away. It also follows Chögyam Trungpa in obfuscating the subject more by tossing out phrases like "some," "some kind," "somehow," and "some way" till my head started to swim, or, really, dog paddle. Same with the frequent phrase "it could be anything"—no, it really couldn't, and I'd welcome a clear explanation.
7 hours and 45 minutes in this word cloud convinced me that distinctively Shambhala teachings contain nothing that can't be explained better as Tibetan Buddhism 101 (Pema Chödrön, Dzigar Kongtrul) or as a secular practice (Susan Piver), with Trungpa's elaborate symbolism reduced to occasional metaphors.
The author's narration at least kept my attention. I enjoyed her habit of stringing several examples into a list in a single sentence, especially when the examples were adjectives and she unexpectedly included examples like "flirty," "naughty," or "criminal."
But her doggedly earnest delivery regularly undercut the content when she talked about humor and the four "dignities" (meek, perky, outrageous, and inscrutable) in a plodding deadpan tone devoid of any of them.
For me, the main value of this 30 year old audiobook is that it gave me a deeper appreciation of other Western teachers in the same tradition, especially Pema Chödrön, whose approach is more traditional.
As far as practice is concerned, it could be almost any introductory Buddhist meditation teaching. What's distinctive is that it replaces Buddhist language with imprecise, extended metaphors that confuse the subject and therefore have to be unpacked or explained away. It also follows Chögyam Trungpa in obfuscating the subject more by tossing out phrases like "some," "some kind," "somehow," and "some way" till my head started to swim, or, really, dog paddle. Same with the frequent phrase "it could be anything"—no, it really couldn't, and I'd welcome a clear explanation.
7 hours and 45 minutes in this word cloud convinced me that distinctively Shambhala teachings contain nothing that can't be explained better as Tibetan Buddhism 101 (Pema Chödrön, Dzigar Kongtrul) or as a secular practice (Susan Piver), with Trungpa's elaborate symbolism reduced to occasional metaphors.
The author's narration at least kept my attention. I enjoyed her habit of stringing several examples into a list in a single sentence, especially when the examples were adjectives and she unexpectedly included examples like "flirty," "naughty," or "criminal."
But her doggedly earnest delivery regularly undercut the content when she talked about humor and the four "dignities" (meek, perky, outrageous, and inscrutable) in a plodding deadpan tone devoid of any of them.
For me, the main value of this 30 year old audiobook is that it gave me a deeper appreciation of other Western teachers in the same tradition, especially Pema Chödrön, whose approach is more traditional.
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