Shambala
Shambhala or Shambala may refer to:
In Buddhism
- Related to Shambhala Buddhism:
In Hinduism
In Hinduism Shambala has three meanings:
- Shambhal is a place where one gets peace and security
- Another meaning is, "that which attracts others", or "that which confers distinction"
- The third meaning is, "a place situated near water".
In Theosophy
- Shamballa (Theosophical spelling) is the dwelling place of the governing deity of Earth, Sanat Kumara, and his attendants.
In Hollow Earth Cosmology
- Shamballah is the chief city of the Agharta, mythological land of advanced races and knowledge living at the center of the hollow earth .......... The Austral village of spiritual masters in the Himalaya mountains. .........
Miscellaneous
- Shambaa, a people of Tanzania, sometimes known as "Shambala"
- Shambala, Xiangcheng County, a town in Sichuan
- Shambala language, a separate Tanzanian language
- Shambala (Beastie Boys song)
- Shambala (song), a song written by Daniel Moore, and recorded by B. W. Stevenson, Rockapella and Three Dog Night
- Shambhala Publications, an American publishing house founded by Shambhala Buddhists
- Shambhala Preserve, an animal refuge founded by actress Tippi Hedren
- Shambhala (Music Festival), a Canadian music festival
- Shambala Sanctuary, an abandoned sanctuary in the high mountains of Kazakhstan. (Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine)
- Shambala (Uncharted 2), a mythical location in the video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Sambala (Lost Horizen), the worlds soul and a source of shared speacies knollage.
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa, the Fullmetal Alchemist movie released in Japan in 2005, and in the US in 2006