To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Shang Shung
Publications we're pleased to offer our steadfast readers the texts of five of
the one hundred and eight songs that Chögyal Namkhai Norbu recently selected to
demonstrate the vitality and importance of the Tibetan culture and people.
This booklet can be downloaded for free from the webshop of
Shang Shung Publications:
Shang Shung Publications, founded by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in
1983 and current publisher of the International Shang Shung Institute for
Tibetan Studies, has dedicated itself these years to the diffusion of the
Dzogchen teaching transmitted by the Master, as well as of works of history,
literature, medicine, and astrology concerning the traditional sciences of
Tibetan culture, written by the Master himself and by other qualified authors.
Multimedia works produced in these thirty years amounted to four
hundred titles related to the practice of the Dzogchen teaching reserved for
interested students, seventy books for the general public, fifty video and
forty audio products, some also in the form of ebooks and digital items
downloadable from internet.
All these works, originally published in English and Italian,
have been translated into twenty major languages, totaling nearly eight hundred
translations supervised and authorized by the auditors of the International
Publications Committee linked to the publishing house. This large publishing
enterprise, based on the work and tireless leadership of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu,
was made possible thanks to the commitment of a staff of specialists including
translators from Tibetan and other languages, editors, graphic artists,
administrators, and so on, as well as the collaboration of hundreds of
volunteers who have offered their work gratuitously at all stages of
production, from the transcription of the teachings to the printing of the
completed works. Finally, the contribution of thousands of donors who
generously provided financial support, either spontaneously or in response to
requests of Shang Shung, was vital. In particular, we note the important
support of the Project Complete Works of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and the Kater
Project, managed by the Shang Shung Institute of Austria, which continue to
raise funds for the payment of the translators from Tibetan and for the
training of qualified translators.
To the Master, and to all the collaborators who have helped to
disseminate his words, we express our heartfelt thanks.
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