{"product_id":"cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-chgyam-trungpa-9781570629570","title":"Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis modern spiritual classic highlights a trick we play on ourselves and offers a brighter reality: liberation by letting go of the self rather than working to improve it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Tibetan meditation master Chyam Trungpa calls attention to the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls \u003ci\u003espiritual materialism.\u003c\/i\u003e \"The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use,\" he says, \"even spirituality.\" The universal tendency is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement--the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrungpa's incisive, compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from these false comforts. Featuring a new foreward by his son and lineage holder, \u003ci\u003eCutting Through Spiritual Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e has resonated with students for nearly thirty years--and remains as fresh as ever today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chyam Trungpa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570629579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570629570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Chyam Trungpa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055327670527,"sku":"9781570629570","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_efb666d5-32a1-4978-8afb-3bed96b79045.jpg?v=1685035138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-chgyam-trungpa-9781570629570","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}