{"product_id":"the-world-could-be-otherwise-imagination-and-the-bodhisattva-path-9781611805048","title":"The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn imaginative approach to spiritual practice in difficult times, through the Buddhist teaching of the six \u003ci\u003eparamitas\u003c\/i\u003e or \"perfections\"--qualities that lead to kindness, wisdom, and an awakened life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what's hidden, and it shape-shifts reality's roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or \"six perfections\"--generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding--can help us reconfigure the world we live in. Ranging from our everyday concerns about relationships, ethics, and consumption to our artistic inspirations and broadest human yearnings, Fischer depicts imaginative spiritual practice as a necessary resource for our troubled times.\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 04\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611805048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Norman Fischer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661994913948,"sku":"9781611805048","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_271c18db-7f31-4b70-bf17-3761ef9d7b6b.jpg?v=1603900790","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-world-could-be-otherwise-imagination-and-the-bodhisattva-path-9781611805048","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}