Parables from Shambhala: The Wisdom of the East for Everyday Life

How can you love your neighbors when there is so much evil around? What is more real: our world or the world of our dreams? How can you reconcile yourself with death? Does your shadow have its own life? What is the origin story of Man and Woman? Find all answers in this little yet profound book, which will help you comprehend the greatest ancient truths of the East through twelve short parables containing the universal Laws of Existence. These truths will be revealed to you through the juxtaposition of opposites: spirit and body, reality and illusion, good and evil, freedom and slavery, life and death, and so on. In this way, the spiritual lessons of Parables from Shambhala will enable you to make the right decisions in your daily life and to respond with wisdom to the events happening around you. These parables were left as a heritage to humanity by the Mahatmas, the Great Souls of the East, and were written down by Zinovia Dushkova, Ph.D., who is named as one of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People by Watkins Mind Body Spirit. During her trips across Tibet, India, Nepal, and Mongolia, she has stayed at numerous monasteries — those open to the public as well as those hidden within high mountains and caves. She has been honored to communicate with representatives of different religions, elderly monks and hermits who have generously shared their secret knowledge with her. Thus, in 2004, one Himalayan Master of Wisdom narrated legends and tales originating from the mysterious kingdom of Shambhala. This experience inspired the author to write down the stories in this book of parables under the canopy of the gigantic deodar cedars on the summit of the Himalayas.