{"product_id":"the-jewel-tree-of-tibet-the-enlightenment-engine-of-tibetan-buddhism-9780743257633","title":"The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism","description":"Few teachers in the West possess both the spiritual training and the scholarship to lead us along the path to enlightenment. Robert Thurman is one such teacher. Now, in his first experiential course on the essentials of Tibetan Buddhism, adapted and expanded from a popular retreat he led, Thurman -- the first Westerner ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself -- shares the centuries-old wisdom of a highly valued method of insight used by the great Tibetan masters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTibetans think of their cherished tradition of Buddhism as a \"wish-fulfilling jewel tree\" for its power to generate bliss and enlightenment within all who absorb its teachings. Happiness, in fact, is the true goal of Tibetan spirituality, and the wish-fulfilling jewel tree will enable you to reach that goal. Using a revered, once-secret text of a seventeenth-century Tibetan master, with thorough explanations for contemporary Westerners, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel Tree of Tibet\u003c\/i\u003e immerses you fully in the mysteries of Tibetan spiritual wisdom. A retreat in book form as well as a spiritual and philosophical teaching, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel Tree of Tibet\u003c\/i\u003e offers a practical system of understanding yourself and the world, of developing your learning and thought processes, and of gaining deep, transforming insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most explicit teachings of the steps on the path of enlightenment available, explained by a skilled Western teacher, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel Tree of Tibet\u003c\/i\u003e will enable you to honor the full subtlety and hidden depths of the Tibetan Buddhist path and realize at last its deeper rewards -- for yourself and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThurman, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eRobert Thurman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically acclaimed, popular original books \u003ci\u003eInner Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInfinite Life\u003c\/i\u003e and a translator of sacred Tibetan texts, including \u003ci\u003eThe Essence of True Eloquence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tibetan Book of the Dead.\u003c\/i\u003e He teaches at Columbia University and holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in America. Cofounder of Tibet House US and Menla Mountain Retreat Center, he lives in New York City and Woodstock, New York.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523720646930,"sku":"9780743257633","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8bac201b-5c5f-4594-919d-889d379dd706.jpg?v=1731164672","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-jewel-tree-of-tibet-the-enlightenment-engine-of-tibetan-buddhism-9780743257633","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}