{"product_id":"tranquillity-and-ruin-danyl-mclauchlan-9781776564118","title":"Tranquillity and Ruin","description":"Danyl McLauchlan wanted to get closer to the hidden truth of things. But it was starting to look like the hidden truth of things was that nothing was real, everything was suffering, and he didn't really exist. In these essays Danyl explores ideas and paths that he hopes will make him freer and happier--or, at least, less trapped, less medicated, and less depressed. He stays at a monastery and meditates for eight hours a day. He spends time with members of a new global movement who try to figure out how to do the most possible good in the world. He reads forbiddingly complex papers on neuroscience and continental philosophy and shovels clay with a Buddhist monk until his hands bleed. He tries to catch a bus.\u003ci\u003e Tranquillity and Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e is a light-hearted contemplation of madness, uncertainty, and doom. It's about how, despite everything we think we know about who we are, we can still be surprised by ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Danyl McLauchlan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1776564111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781776564118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Danyl McLauchlan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217543311615,"sku":"9781776564118","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef4f6064-323c-4225-a472-e97b495750b1.jpg?v=1771997893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tranquillity-and-ruin-danyl-mclauchlan-9781776564118","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}