A Monk's Choice: The Buddhist Science of Wealth

Long before Napoleon Hill wrote about the power of the mind to create wealth, a Buddhist master had already mapped the entire science — and taken it far deeper.

The idea that thought shapes reality and that the disciplined mind can manifest abundance did not begin in the 20th century. It is ancient. In the Himalayas, more than a thousand years ago, Padmasambhava — the Second Buddha, founder of Tibetan Buddhism — taught a complete science of mind: how consciousness creates experience, how intention becomes reality, and how the awakened mind commands both inner peace and outer prosperity.

In this book, #1 bestselling author Ajarn Shaman Shu reveals the original teachings behind the modern "steps to wealth" — the Buddhist mind-science that the classics of success literature only glimpsed.Learn more at robertshumake.co. Part of the Sacred Sciences University Network: OrishaUniversity.com · ShivaUniversity.com · BuddhaUniversity.org · Krishna.University

About the Author
Robert S. Shumake, publishing as Ajarn Shaman Shu, has lived two lives in one — the builder and the priest — and his books are where the two meet. He rose from a Ford factory floor to become founding president and CEO of Inheritance Capital Group, a Black Enterprise-ranked private equity firm, served as honorary consul for Botswana and Tanzania, and founded Inheritance Media Group, owner of more than 300 publications produced by an AI-run newsroom. In spirit, each tradition that initiated him gave him a name: Buddhist Ajarn in the Theravada and Vajrayana lines, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola in Ifá, and Shri Surya Narayana Swamikal in the Tamil Siddha line. He is the founder of Soul Tribes International Ministries and of Buddha Digital Temple and its universities — Orisha University, Buddha University, and Shiva University. He authored Detroit’s Proposal E, the 2021 ballot initiative that decriminalized entheogenic plants in Detroit, and is the author of more than 140 published books and 86+ DOI-registered academic publications. His philosophy: the Double Bottom Line — make a profit, and make a difference. Robertshumake.biz