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MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTS Shang Shung Publications MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTS Shang Shung Publications Shang Shung Publications, founded by Dzogchen Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in 1983 and currently Tibetan and other languages, editors, graphic artists, an imprint of the Shang Shung Foundation, is administrators, and logistics coordinators, as well as dedicated to the diffusion of the Dzogchen teaching the collaboration of hundreds of volunteers who have as transmitted by the Master. It also publishes works offered their work gratuitously at all stages of written by the Master himself and other qualified production, from the transcription of the teachings to authors on the traditional sciences of Tibetan culture, the printing of the completed works. ranging from Tibetan history and literature to medicine and astrology. Finally, we are vitally dependent on thousands of In the course of more than thirty years, Shang Shung sponsors who generously contribute donations, either Publications has published close to four hundred spontaneously or in response to requests. In books, and also includes in its catalog seventy video particular, we note the important support of the and forty-five audio products originally produced by Complete Works of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Shang Shung Institute. Many of these books and Ka-ter projects, managed by the Shang Shung media products are now available for downloading as Institute of Austria, which continue to raise funds for well as in physical form. the payment of the translators from Tibetan and for A number of these works, originally published in the training of qualified translators and editors. English and/or Italian, have been translated into We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the Master twenty major languages, resulting in a total of nearly and all the collaborators who have helped disseminate eight hundred translations supervised and authorized his words during these years. We are also grateful to by the auditors of the International Publications our readers, who by purchasing our products express Committee linked to the publishing house. their deep interest and generous collaboration. This catalog contains products available for purchase This large publishing enterprise, based on the work in the webshop of Shang Shung Publications. and tireless leadership of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Please note that most products require registration was made possible thanks to the commitment of a confirming receipt of the corresponding transmission. staff of specialists including translators from Contents Dzogchen & Buddhism Longde Biographies Tibetan History Upadesha Santi Maha Sangha Tibetan Medicine Vajra Dance Yantra Yoga Long Life Protection Purification Jñanadakini Practices For the Deceased / Bardo Miscellaneous Secondary Practices Invocations Tibetan Language Songs & Dances Chögyal Namkhai Norbu General Introduction to Dzogchen In this two-hour video, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu answers the DZOGCHEN & question: What is Dzogchen? Dzogchen is a path of self- BUDDHISM liberation; it is different from the paths of renunciation (Sutra) or transformation (Vajrayana or Buddhist Tantra), but rather one of seeing directly the nature of mind, as pointed put by a teacher who has realized this freedom for him or herself. Available in formats: DVD mp4 142 min. Euro 17.00 EAN 2000000000350 Video mp4 download Size: 626.00 MB Euro 12.00 EAN 2000000002033 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Guru Yoga of the White A These audio files contain the explanation and full practice of DZOGCHEN & the Guru Yoga of the White A with Guru Garab Dorje, by BUDDHISM Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. DZOGCHEN INTRODUCTION REQUIRED This product is intended only for those who have received direct introduction from a qualified master. Available in formats: Audio CD 40 min. Euro 17.00 EAN 2000000001197 Audio mp3 download Euro 13.60 EAN 2000000000770 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, Fabio Andrico Basic Longde Positions In this DVD Fabio Andrico, international Yantra Yoga LONGDE instructor, demonstrates and explains in detail the main positions used in the practice of Longde, as well as the use of PARTICULAR the belt and stick as physical supports in many of these TRANSMISSION positions. REQUIRED The video contains the instructions for learning the positions Please be sure that you have in a correct way, but no other explanation: practitioners who received the teachings and have received transmission are invited to study the available transmissions corresponding books, audios, and videos containing the indispensable, to this product. detailed teachings on the Longde practice by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Available in formats: DVD mp4 25 min. Euro 13.00 EAN 2000000000015 Video mp4 download Size: 270.00 MB Euro 10.00 EAN 2000000002071 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Teachings on Longde In this series of seven videos Chögyal Namkhai Norbu LONGDE explains the practice of Longde, or series of Space, the second in the three series of the Dzogchen teaching (Semde, PARTICULAR Longde, and Upadesha) according to the division made by TRANSMISSION Manjushrimitra, and corresponding to Garab Dorje's second REQUIRED statement “not remaining in doubt." The practices of Longde help a practitioner in strengthening the experience of Please be sure that you have contemplation, making it stable and certain. received the teachings and transmissions corresponding These teachings were given in Tenerife in November 2012. to this product. The seven sessions are available as high quality HD mp4 files recorded on two DVD discs or as a video download. Available in formats: DVD mp4 802 min. Euro 25.00 EAN 2000000002828 Video mp4 download Size: 3.00 MB Euro 18.00 EAN 2000000002064 Shang Shung Institute Multimedia Team With a Lama Around the World Chögyal Namkhai Norbu visits the gars, the communities of BIOGRAPHIES practitioners throughout the world, during a long trip to Tibet, Nepal, India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Argentina, the United States, Great Britain and Italy, tirelessly transmitting the Dzogchen teachings. The footage was shot between 1988 and 1990 by Fabio Andrico and Paolo Brunatto and is a rare document that underlines the commitment and dedication of the Master and the international character of the Dzogchen community. Available in formats: DVD mp4 Euro 17.00 EAN 2000000007717 Video mp4 download Size: 700.00 MB Euro 14.00 EAN 2000000002125 Paolo Brunatto Kailash A documentary by Paolo Brunatto about Chögyal Namkhai TIBETAN HISTORY Norbu's pilgrimage expedition to Kailash, the sacred mountain of Tibet, in 1988. Rinpoche was accompanied by DZOGCHEN about seventy students from all over the world, tackled the INTRODUCTION painstaking journey that leads to the foot of the Kailash, REQUIRED passing passes up to 6000 meters, as Tibetan, Indian and Chinese pilgrims have been doing for 3000 years. This product is intended only The diary of an extraordinary spiritual journey, set on a for those who have received mountain that Reinhold Messner called the most beautiful direct introduction from a and mysterious peak on the planet. qualified master. DVD Euro 18.00 EAN 2000000000374 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu The Invocation of Samantabhadra [Explanation and Practice] L'Invocazione di Samantabhadra [Spiegazione e Pratica] The Invocation of Samantabhadra is part of a Dzogchen UPADESHA Terma Cycle called Gongpa Zangthal; Gongpa means the real state and Zangthal means transparent or all-penetrating. This PARTICULAR invocation is one of the most famous of the Nyingma lineage TRANSMISSION and is a part of the Northern Treasures tradition that was REQUIRED discovered by the famous terton Ridgzin Gödem Chen from the fourteenth century. Please be sure that you have received the teachings and Chögyal Namkhai Norbu transmitted and taught this transmissions corresponding invocation at Merigar in September 2006. to this product. Audio: English with Italian translation L'Invocazione di Samanthabhadra fa parte del Terma del Ciclo di insegnamenti Dzogchen chiamato 'Gongpa Zangthal', Gonpa significa lo stato reale e Zangthal significa trasparente o onnipenetrante. Questa invocazione è una delle più famose del lignaggio Nyingma e fa parte della tradizione dei Tesori del Nord che fu riscoperta dal famoso tertön Ridgzin Gödem Chen nel XIV° secolo. Chögyal Namkhai Norbu ha trasmesso e insegnato questa Audio mp3 invocazione a Merigar nel settembre 2006. download Size: 600.00 MB Audio: Inglese con traduzione in Italiano Euro 13.60 EAN 2000000004839 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu The Song of the Vajra Teaching at Tashigar, 1990 This MP3 CD contains the entire teaching of the Song of the UPADESHA Vajra Chögyal Namkhai Norbu gave during the Tashigar Christmas retreat in 1990 which was the first time he DZOGCHEN explained in precise detail the full meaning of the practice. it INTRODUCTION has been left unedited but the order of the files has been REQUIRED changed to more closely approximate the way in which the Song of the Vajra is sung. Also contained is an explanation This product is intended only of the dreams ChNN had during the revelation of the Dance for those who have received of the Vajra as well as several rare video MP4 clips of the direct introduction from a Song and Dance of the Vajra. The ISS apologizes for the qualified master. audio quality of this old recording which is inevitably far from perfect. Available in formats: mp3 CD 60 min. Euro 17.00 EAN 2000000004945 Audio mp3 download Euro 6.00 EAN 2000000000763 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Santi Maha Sangha Base level practices Santi Maha Sangha Base Level practices, chanted by Adriano SANTI MAHA SANGHA Clemente: DZOGCHEN Purification
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