Birth of Shambhala Publications, a Shambhala Times community news article covering the founding of Shambhala Publications, a leading publisher of Buddhist and contemplative texts, is a community magazine account rather than independent scholarly history. Shambhala Times serves the Shambhala Buddhist community itself, so the piece carries an insider's institutional memory of the founding rather than outside verification. Its authority rests on that community record; its limit is the same insider vantage, which a critical business history would need to check against outside sources. Cite it for the community's own account of the founding; an independent publishing history needs a dedicated source.
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Reliability Tier2
This Shambhala Times community news article is the middle tier reflecting a community magazine's insider institutional memory of the founding rather than independent scholarly business history, notwithstanding its genuine value as a community record. NotesA Shambhala Times community news article on the founding of Shambhala Publications; a community magazine account, not independent scholarly history.
Citation
AuthorShambhala Times
PublisherShambhala Times Community News Magazine
URLhttps://shambhalatimes.org/2013/05/29/birth-of-shambhala-publications/
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