{"product_id":"world-exists-to-set-us-free-tpb-9781645473947","title":"World Exists to Set Us Free","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Shambhala Publications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished: 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 248\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9781645473947\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 0.367 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eDown-to-earth wisdom on how to live a life of authenticity and spiritual integrity, from one of the West���s most respected teachers of vipassana meditation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does dharma wisdom show up in our lives every day? This collection of teachings by the beloved Insight Meditation teacher Larry Rosenberg offers clear, down-to-earth guidance on learning how to live a life informed by Buddhism���through questioning, reflective observation, and self-understanding. Rosenberg is known for presenting the essence of the Buddhism in a way that is unvarnished, utterly accessible, and that resonates with a wide audience. Here he unpacks���with his signature engaging and iconoclastic style���such topics as meditation, silence, use of the breath, self-knowing, working with strong emotions, intimacy, illness and grief, among others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are few teachers who so epitomize the idea of ���spiritual friend��� in the way that Larry Rosenberg does. His teachings give a clear sense that dharma is very much a part of everyday life. This book is also informed by what Rosenberg considers his deeper and more immediate understanding of dharma that has come in recent years���a period marked in his own life by illness and disability���and in the life of the planet by a deadly pandemic, war, an existential climate crisis, and pervasive technological distraction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn introductory essay, written by journalist and author Madeline Drexler, serves as a spiritual biography of Rosenberg, presenting his reflections on more than half a century of dedicated dharma practice and instruction. This essay illuminates what, for Rosenberg, were profound turning points and moments of realization���his long apprenticeships with foundational figures in twentieth-century Buddhism, including Ajahn Chah, Thich Nhat Hanh, Seung Sahn, and Ajahn Buddhadasa, as well as Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040331759863,"sku":"9781645473947","price":475.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/3973\/5543\/files\/23643803482773.jpg?v=1787781280","url":"https:\/\/www.2027textbooks.co.za\/products\/world-exists-to-set-us-free-tpb-9781645473947","provider":"2027Textbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}