{"product_id":"cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-trungpa","title":"CUTTING THROUGH SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM-TRUNGPA","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"buyoly-item-description\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa calls attention to the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003espiritual materialism.\u003c\/span\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrungpa's incisive, compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from these false comforts. Featuring a new foreward by his son and lineage holder, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCutting Through Spiritual Materialism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e has resonated with students for nearly thirty years—and remains as fresh as ever today\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41752181702714,"sku":null,"price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/6065\/9514\/files\/41RZWEvzA5L._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1792012999","url":"https:\/\/the-better-good-store.myshopify.com\/products\/cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-trungpa","provider":"The Better Good Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}