{"product_id":"kama-9780670087372","title":"Kama","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting account of love and desire\u003c\/b\u003eIndia is the only civilization to elevate \u003ci\u003ekama\u003c\/i\u003e-desire and pleasure-to a goal of life. Kama is both cosmic and human energy, which animates life and holds it in place. Gurcharan Das weaves a compelling narrative soaked in philosophical, historical and literary ideas in the third volume of his trilogy on life's goals: \u003ci\u003eIndia Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e was the first, on \u003ci\u003eartha\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e'material well-being'; and \u003ci\u003eThe Difficulty of Being Good\u003c\/i\u003e was the second, on dharma, 'moral well-being'. Here, in his magnificent prose, he examines how to cherish desire in order to live a rich, flourishing life, arguing that if dharma is a duty to another, kama is a duty to oneself. It sheds new light on love, marriage, family, adultery and jealousy as it wrestles with questions such as these: How to nurture desire without harming others or oneself? Are the erotic and the ascetic two aspects of our same human nature? What is the relationship between romantic love and bhakti, the love of god?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e India Allen Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780670087372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Das Gurcharan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774083362997,"sku":"9780670087372","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kama-9780670087372","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}