{"product_id":"into-the-mirror-a-buddhist-journey-through-mind-matter-and-the-nature-of-reality","title":"Into the Mirror: A Buddhist Journey through Mind, Matter, and the Nature of Reality","description":"Into the Mirror examines the materialism of the modern world through the profound teachings of Mahayana Buddhism and offers an accessible and powerful method for investigating the way our minds construct our worlds.\n\nInto the Mirror combines contemporary Western inquiries into the nature of consciousness, with classical Buddhist investigations into the nature of mind, to offer deep insights into the nature of reality. Andy Karr invites the reader to make this a personal, experiential journey through study, contemplation, and meditation.\n\nThe first part of the book presents the Mahayana Buddhist approach to the path of freedom from suffering. It explores foundational teachings, such as the four truths, the notion of enlightenment, and the practice of meditation, from a fresh perspective. The second part deconstructs assumptions about mind and the material world using easily understood tools from contemporary Western philosophy. Part three presents a series of contemplative practices, ethics, and insights, starting with the Middle Way teachings on emptiness and interdependence, through Yogachara’s subtle understanding of non-duality, to the view that buddha nature is already within us to be revealed rather than something external to be acquired.\n\nInto the Mirror concludes with a call to cultivate compassion for beings and the environment right within this world of illusion.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1645471640\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1645471640.LN\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Like New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ricard, Matthieu|Karr, Andy\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: In unread excellent condition. Pages are crisp and clean with no markings. Item may have minor shelf wear on the cover, spine, pages, or dust cover. Item may contain remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41364977877050,"sku":"DBV.1645471640.LN","price":16.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1645471640-0.jpg?v=1776191299","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/into-the-mirror-a-buddhist-journey-through-mind-matter-and-the-nature-of-reality","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}