{"product_id":"mel-pine-a-buddhist-path-to-joy-9798231285617","title":"A Buddhist Path to Joy","description":"What if joy isn't a destination-but your default?\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA 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.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nInside you'll find:Simple practices you'll actually do: 2-10 minute meditations, metta, awareness of mindGrown-up ethics: skillful, flexible precepts that reduce harm (no moral grandstanding)Clear guidance on teachers and sanghas-with real-world red-flag radarA Rimé (nonsectarian) spirit: go deep in one path, stay open to othersA friendly take on Pure Land, chanting, and deity practice-no litmus testsScience-meets-spirit curiosity (quantum strangeness, mind-first models, even AI)Lived wisdom: trauma, loss, aging, and returning to joy-again and again\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYou'll learn to:\"Pull out the arrows\" of needless suffering-here and nowRest in awareness and make friends with your mindAct from compassion with confidence (\"vajra pride\")-not self-importanceBe \"enlightened enough for where you are\"\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIf 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.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFor seekers, skeptics, and seasoned practitioners ready for a grounded, open, human path to joy.","brand":"Mel Pine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53765296882006,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/mel-pine-a-buddhist-path-to-joy-9798231285617","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}