{"product_id":"about-peace-scott-shaw-9781590030035","title":"About Peace: 108 Ways to Be at Peace When Things Are Out of Control","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are Zen meditations for modern times cold comfort, maybe, for some of us who might want platitudes and the promise of peacefulness being handed to us on a silver platter. Because, as Shaw points out, conflict is a part of life. Zen Buddhism was even founded in conflict. No one can give anyone else peace. Peace comes to those who seek it in the moment and for the moment only. The pace of lives continues to accelerate, though, with more and more demands being placed on us by both others and ourselves. This collection, aimed at gaining inner peace, is wonderfully suited to the breakneck pace of our lives today. The future is too full of work, laundry, family, and other commitments not to mention the unknown. The past is gone. There's no time like the present to make like the eye of the hurricane and choose to be at peace with ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 108 meditations in this book offer a very contemporary respite from internal and external conflict. Their number and their form, however, is steeped in tradition. Onehundredandeight is a sacred number in Buddhism, where there is also the tradition of meditating with malas strung beads, which come in multiples of nine 27, 56, or 108.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir form follows Buddhist tradition as well they're modern koans, or riddles to ponder, and dharma stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Shaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590030036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590030035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Wheel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.72h x 5.22w x 0.41d","brand":"Scott Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245307326719,"sku":"9781590030035","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31e1e900-8c41-489d-a436-da987b391679.jpg?v=1693927294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/about-peace-scott-shaw-9781590030035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}