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Shambhala Sutra
Laurence Brahm

Shambhala Sutra, the second volume of the Himalayan Notes series, presents my 2004 expedition across western Tibet's Ngari region, when I went searching for the mythical kingdom of Shambhala, thinking it might be a physical place. Using an ancient sutra written by the Panchen Lama over two centuries ago as a metaphorical guidebook, he traces a route embedded with riddles through deserts and mountains. Eventually the expedition arrives at the lost kingdom of Guge, now abandoned and in ruins due to an epic war and desertification of once rich pastureland.

The Road Less Travelled in Western Tibet

LAURENCE BRAHM

Deep down inside, we all know our planet is not sustainable the way it is being run. We need a new economic approach that embraces our environment, with new measures of success – both national and personal, that seeks balance between the material and spiritual. In Himalayan Notes we journey to the heart of ourselves to ask a hard question: is there another way?

Ancient Tibetan sutras predicted that we are now in the Age of Kali, the age of destruction, a time when short-sighted human greed results in cycles of war, poverty, and environmental destruction. In the end we all suffer. Nobody benefits.
However, these types of sutras also teach that we can avoid self-destruction.
Our universe is a vast matrix of cause and effect synergies. To change our own path of self-destruction, we must bring compassion, long-term vision, and care for others and the environment into our daily lives and action. We need a fresh economic paradigm, one that calls for compassionate capital, empowering people, and prioritising our environment. Spirituality can be more powerful than materialism. Holistic economics means sustainability of our planet. We all all interconnected with ourselves, and our environment.
In the first book of the Himalayan Notes series, Searching for Shangri-la, our 2002 expedition sought to find the mythical paradise described in James Hilton’s classic novel Lost Horizon. We learned that “Shangri-la” is a misspelling of “Shambhala” a core concept of Tibetan Buddhist cosmology. That led us to find Shambhala. Shambhala is a future realm of peace, harmony between man and environment, where those with wealth and health reach out to help those without. It is a future that we can arrive at if we want to get there. It all depends on our intention.
It took me many journeys to understand the meaning of Shambhala. Shambhala Sutra, the second book of the Himalayan Notes series, presents my 2004 expedition across western Tibet’s Ngari region, when I went searching for the mythical kingdom of Shambhala, thinking it might be a physical place. Using an ancient sutra written by the Panchen Lama over two centuries ago as a metaphorical guidebook, he traces a route embedded with riddles through deserts and mountains. Eventually the expedition arrives at the lost kingdom of Guge, now abandoned and in ruins due to an epic war and desertification of once rich pastureland.
The discovery is not that Guge is Shambhala. On the contrary, lessons learned from this journey (as told in the sutra as a prophesy) are that short sighted greed, war and failure to protect our environment will cause kingdoms and empires to vanish. Mankind’s future depends on assuring a sustainable planet through more holistic economics, empowering communities and people, and preservation of our environment. These are the messages hidden in the Shambhala Sutra.
Join me for the second journey in the Himalayan Notes series.
Laurence Brahm is an environmentalist, social entrepreneur, lawyer and global spokesperson for sustainable development, Member of the United Nations Theme Group on Poverty and Inequality and author of several books on Asian economics and global development. He is the founder of the Himalayan and African Consensus economic paradigms, and divides his time between these regions.

GOING

The Sutra
The Directions
The Monk
The Buddha
The Oracle
The Bodhisattva
The Road

RETURNING

Ngari
Desert
Lakes and Mountains
A Spirit
The Epic War
Lost Kingdom
Unanswered Questions
Time and Space
Panchen Lama
Our Future
Story End

Laurence Brahm

Laurence J. Brahm is an American-born global activist, author, pioneer social enterprise entrepreneur, political-economist, international mediator, and lawyer based in Beijing and Lhasa, China.
He is the founder of Himalayan Consensus, a NGO, and the African Consensus Movement, both dedicated to protecting ethnic diversity through sustainable economics. Brahm is also founder and CEO of Shambhala Serai, one of Asia’s first social enterprises.

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