{"product_id":"the-world-exists-to-set-larry-rosenberg-9781645473947","title":"The World Exists to Set Us Free: Straight-Up Dharma for Living a Life of Awareness","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry Rosenberg, Madeline Drexler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645473945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645473947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Larry Rosenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46806911385855,"sku":"9781645473947","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d09b0451-9ada-4cfe-85ee-df2f952b12f6.jpg?v=1745378061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-exists-to-set-larry-rosenberg-9781645473947","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}