{"product_id":"buddhism-what-is-given-what-remains","title":"Buddhism: What Is Given, What Remains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddhism: What Is Given, What Remains\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucas Varro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish, 130 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback edition, \u003ca title=\"The Pilgrim’s Guide to Angkor on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0H4JDKQ9Z\"\u003eavailable on Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The Pilgrim’s Guide to Angkor on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0H4JDKQ9Z\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePurchase on Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuddhism: What Is Given, What Remains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a quiet book of Buddhist reflections in living prose — seventeen brief pieces shaped by attention, impermanence, compassion, relinquishment, and return.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not a book of Buddhist doctrine, instruction, or explanation. It does not stand outside Buddhism and describe it. Instead, it enters small human moments and remains there: beside a sleeping breath, a prepared meal, a disappearing star, a flickering lamp, a shared weight, a difficult road, an unnamed act of kindness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing its pressure from Buddhist sources such as the Metta Sutta, the Diamond Sutra, the Heart Sutra, the Bodhisattva path, the Ox-Herding tradition, and prayers of dedication, the book allows these traditions to become scene rather than statement. Nothing is argued. Nothing is simplified into a lesson. The reader encounters loving-kindness, impermanence, non-separation, compassion, and release as lived experience rather than concept.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in spare, attentive prose, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuddhism: What Is Given, What Remains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is for readers drawn to contemplative literature, Buddhist reflection, spiritual essays, grief companionship, bedside reading, and books that make room for silence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a book to read slowly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA book to return to quietly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA book to set down gently.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Varro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304138977659,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/0325\/3838\/files\/FrontCover.png?v=1781839502","url":"https:\/\/lucasvarro.com\/products\/buddhism-what-is-given-what-remains","provider":"Varro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}