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"item_description" : "What if joy isn't a destination-but your default?A Buddhist Path to Joy: The New Middle Way Expanded Edition 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.Inside 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 Rim (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 againYou'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 areIf 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.For seekers, skeptics, and seasoned practitioners ready for a grounded, open, human path to joy.(66,000 words, about 278 pages)",
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Overview
What if joy isn't a destination-but your default?
A Buddhist Path to Joy: The New Middle Way Expanded Edition 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.
Inside you'll find:
- Simple practices you'll actually do: 2-10 minute meditations, metta, awareness of mind
- Grown-up ethics: skillful, flexible precepts that reduce harm (no moral grandstanding)
- Clear guidance on teachers and sanghas-with real-world red-flag radar
- A Rim (nonsectarian) spirit: go deep in one path, stay open to others
- A friendly take on Pure Land, chanting, and deity practice-no litmus tests
- Science-meets-spirit curiosity (quantum strangeness, mind-first models, even AI)
- Lived wisdom: trauma, loss, aging, and returning to joy-again and again
You'll learn to:
- "Pull out the arrows" of needless suffering-here and now
- Rest in awareness and make friends with your mind
- Act from compassion with confidence ("vajra pride")-not self-importance
- Be "enlightened enough for where you are"
If 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.
For seekers, skeptics, and seasoned practitioners ready for a grounded, open, human path to joy.(66,000 words, about 278 pages)
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- ISBN-13: 9798233987847
- ISBN-10: 9798233987847
- Publisher: Mel Harkrader Pine
- Publish Date: August 2025
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.93 pounds
- Page Count: 364
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