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A lively exploration of modern-day Buddhism in one of its most admired teachers. Do you are feeling at home right now? Or do you sense a hovering anxiousness or doubt, an main unease that makes you are feeling just a little uncomfortable, a little sidetracked and disconnected from those around you? In The Road Home, Ethan Nichtern, a mature instructor in the Shambhala Buddhist custom, investigates the voyage each of us will take to find where we belong. Drawing from modern-day research on yoga and mindfulness and his experience as a Buddhist instructor and specialist, Nichtern represents in fresh and deeply resonant terms the basic existential experience that provides rise to religious seeking - and to its probably dangerous counterpart, religious materialism. He reveals how our specific quests for self-awareness ripple forward into relationships, neighborhoods, and society most importantly. And he points out exactly how, by turning our consciousness to what's going on all around us and inside us, we become able to improve our sense of reference to others and, at the same time, change for the better our specific and collective patterns of greed, apathy, and inattention. In this sensible and witty invitation to Buddhist yoga, Nichtern shows how, to be able to create a truly compassionate and enlightened modern culture, we must start with ourselves. Which means beginning by working with our own thoughts - in whatever status we see them.
