{"product_id":"enlightenment-is-an-accident-ancient-wisdom-and-simple-practices-to-make-you-accident-prone-9781645471356","title":"Enlightenment Is an Accident: Ancient Wisdom and Simple Practices to Make You Accident Prone","description":"\u003cb\u003eA warm-hearted guide to Buddhist practice for those ready to contend with the reality that enlightenment--the realization of non-self--can't be achieved by the self.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA well-known spiritual saying goes, \"Enlightenment is an accident. But we can make ourselves more accident-prone.\" As an authentic American Zen takes shape, enlightenment continues to be misunderstood as a project to be completed, a goal to be achieved, or a prize to be awarded. Tim Burkett's new book unhooks enlightenment from the hot air balloon of ego and brings it back down to earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on stories of his first teacher, the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki (author of \u003ci\u003eZen Mind, Beginner's Mind\u003c\/i\u003e), and Burkett's decades of practice and teaching, he reveals how to live in the world with a deep joy that comes from embracing the work and play of this very moment. With the wisdom and humor of a seasoned practitioner familiar with all manner of eccentric fixations and silly dead-ends, he offers views and practices we can use to support the paradoxical process of letting enlightenment happen on its own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645471356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Tim Burkett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42776248058037,"sku":"9781645471356","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e076f273-d5b1-43d6-be6b-3bd5718cb5de.jpg?v=1679412278","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/enlightenment-is-an-accident-ancient-wisdom-and-simple-practices-to-make-you-accident-prone-9781645471356","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}