{"product_id":"deepening-wisdom-deepening-connection","title":"Deepening Wisdom Deepening Connection","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Lama Tsomo provides insights and practices to enrich our relationships, be mindfully and joyfully present in the world, and deepen our understanding of ourselves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tide of modern life is sweeping us even further into isolation—away from each other, from the world, from ourselves. To turn this tide, Lama Tsomo has created the latest addition to her \u003ci\u003eAncient Wisdom for Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e series: \u003ci\u003eDeepening Wisdom, Deepening Connection\u003c\/i\u003e. Building on the ideas and practices in the first two books—\u003ci\u003eWhy Bother: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWisdom Compassion (Starting with Yourself)\u003c\/i\u003e—this new volume actively engages readers, expanding our understanding and guiding our practice in the several key areas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Four Boundless Qualities.\u003c\/b\u003e Loving Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity are not lofty, abstract sentiments. They are practical capacities that we can all cultivate for the benefit, as Buddhists say, of ourselves and others. Lama Tsomo teaches us how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eForgiveness.\u003c\/b\u003e This is essential to our inner well-being—if we want to move on in our lives, and to move closer to others, we must be able to forgive. Resentment is the most destructive form of stress. As someone once said, hanging on to resentment is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. \u003ci\u003eDeepening Wisdom, Deepening Connection\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that we don’t need to forget to forgive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNear Enemies. \u003c\/b\u003eLama Tsomo’s explanation of the Buddhist concept of “near enemies” is a true eye-opener: she explains how we can stop fooling ourselves into thinking some of our shortcomings are actually virtues. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSublime Insight.\u003c\/b\u003e Her patient guidance into the principles and practice of Vipassana (Sublime Insight) offers us ways to experience reality in its complexity and simplicity. (Buddhism was thousands of years ahead of quantum physics on this one.) You’ll never see the world, or yourself, the same way again.\u003cbr\u003eWritten with the conversational clarity and generous dashes of humor she’s brought to her retreats at the Namchak Retreat Ranch and award-winning titles such as \u003ci\u003eWhy Is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Lotus and the Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, Lama Tsomo’s latest is the culmination of decades of deep practice and scholarly inquiry, filled with real-world examples, beautiful illustrations, practice cards, and links to online support. \u003ci\u003eDeepening Wisdom, Deepening Connection\u003c\/i\u003e is an authentic guide to compassionate awareness and a salve against a growingly disconnected world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313158496638,"sku":"NW9781951096007","price":10.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781951096007.jpg?v=1778591195","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/deepening-wisdom-deepening-connection","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}