{"product_id":"cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-chogyam-trungpa","title":"Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism","description":"This 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\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 spiritual materialism. \"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, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism has resonated with students for nearly thirty years--and remains as fresh as ever today.","brand":"Chogyam Trungpa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43978913874164,"sku":"NF-PR-G-29570","price":7890.0,"currency_code":"LKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/4440\/3700\/files\/cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-chogyam-trungpa-wild-sage.jpg?v=1777829747","url":"https:\/\/wildandthesage.com\/products\/cutting-through-spiritual-materialism-chogyam-trungpa","provider":"Wild and the Sage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}