{"product_id":"nine-poisons-nine-medicines-nine-fruits-9780984163489","title":"Nine Poisons, Nine Medicines, Nine Fruits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNine Poisons, Nine Medicines, Nine Fruits\u003c\/em\u003e is a traditional spiritual teaching text about the obstacles, remedies, and rewards we can expect to encounter as we seek relaxation and wisdom through practices such as yoga, mantra, and meditation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nine poisons are habits of body, emotions, and mind that distract or delay us from discovering who we really are. The nine medicines are the circumstances that help us to recover from limiting patterns. The nine fruits are wisdom virtues, such as compassion, that naturally appear on their own once obscuring conditioning is dissolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith great humor and a long-time practitioner's insight, Shambhavi charts our habitual responses to life and how they gradually resolve as a result of spiritual practice. Along the way, She pays special attention to the obstacles of pride, intellectualizing, and attachment to the Western psychological idea that the self can be essentially damaged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNine Poisons, Nine Medicines, Nine Fruits \u003c\/em\u003eis a guide for practitioners seeking to discover greater freedom of self-expression, greater spontaneity, and more precision and skill in relating to others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhavi Sarasvati\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaya Kula\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984163489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarasvati, Shambhavi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Shambhavi Sarasvati is the spiritual director of Jaya Kula. Her principle training is in the View and practices of Trika Shaivism, the classical Tantrik tradition of Kashmir, and the Dzogchen tradition of Tibet. Shambhavi is known for making complex teachings about the nature of the self and reality understandable, practical, and always relevant to our lived experience. Her teachings are grounded in her more than thirty years of daily personal practice and personal retreats. Shambhavi is a householder sannyasini and is fortunate to have received precise teachings in practice and View from teachers of both Trika Shaivism and Dzogchen. She has studied meditation in the Dzogchen, Kagyu, and Nyingma traditions. Her root teacher is Anandamayi Ma. Shambhavi holds an MFA in Fiction from Mills College and a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University. At one time, Shambhavi taught at a Northwestern University. She left academia in 2004 in order to devote herself to practice, writing and teaching in her spiritual tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jaya Kula","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40481238646899,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9c6e83ed-e2c4-4821-a8c5-4eaee2a219de.jpg?v=1664547564","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/nine-poisons-nine-medicines-nine-fruits-9780984163489","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}