{"product_id":"cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-9781570629570","title":"Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003espiritual materialism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrungpa's incisive, compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from these false comforts. Featuring a new foreward by his son and lineage holder, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCutting Through Spiritual Materialism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has resonated with students for nearly thirty years—and remains as fresh as ever today.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Shambhala Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42060137005262,"sku":"9781570629570","price":24.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/91vqWRDaMhL-fotor-20230710145055.png?v=1688971870","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.live\/products\/cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-9781570629570","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}