{"product_id":"a-buddhist-path-to-joy-9798231285617","title":"A Buddhist Path to Joy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mel Pine\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mel Pine\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mel Pine\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Buddhism - Tibetan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if joy isn't a destination-but your default?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Buddhist Path to Joy, an expanded edition of The New Middle Way, is a warm, practical guide to living Buddhism in real life-without gatekeeping, perfectionism, or getting lost in jargon. Mel Pine offers a fresh middle way between over-secularized mindfulness and ossified tradition, so regular folks can actually wake up.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside you'll find: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimple practices you'll actually do: 2-10 minute meditations, metta, awareness of mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrown-up ethics: skillful, flexible precepts that reduce harm (no moral grandstanding)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClear guidance on teachers and sanghas-with real-world red-flag radar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Rim� (nonsectarian) spirit: go deep in one path, stay open to others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA friendly take on Pure Land, chanting, and deity practice-no litmus tests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience-meets-spirit curiosity (quantum strangeness, mind-first models, even AI)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived wisdom: trauma, loss, aging, and returning to joy-again and again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou'll learn to: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Pull out the arrows\" of needless suffering-here and now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRest in awareness and make friends with your mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAct from compassion with confidence (\"vajra pride\")-not self-importance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBe \"enlightened enough for where you are\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever thought, \"There has to be a saner way,\" this book hands you the compass. One breath. One kinder choice. One moment of awareness. And then another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor seekers, skeptics, and seasoned practitioners\u003c\/strong\u003e ready for a grounded, open, human path to joy.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46399261737111,"sku":"9798231285617","price":1517.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798231285617.webp?v=1769047724","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-buddhist-path-to-joy-9798231285617","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}