{"product_id":"the-difficulty-of-being-good-on-the-subtle-art-of-dharma","title":"The Difficulty of being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma","description":"In his new book  Gurcharan Das turns to the \"Mahabharata\" in order to answer the question  why be good?  and discovers that the epics world of moral haziness and uncertainty is closer to our experience as ordinary human beings than the narrow and rigid positions that define most debate in this fundamentalist age of moral certainty. The \"Mahabharata\" is obsessed with the elusive notion of dharmaoin essence  doing the right thing. When a hero falters  the action stops and everyone weighs in with a different and often contradictory take on dharma. The epics characters are flawed  but their incoherent experiences throw light on our familiar dilemmas. Gurcharan Das best-selling book \"India Unbound\" examined the classical aim of artha  material well being. This  his first book in seven years  dwells on the goal of dharma  moral well being. It addresses the central problem of how to live our lives in an examined wayoholding a mirror up to us and forcing us to confront the many ways in which we deceive ourselves and others. What emerges is a doctrine of dharma that we can apply to our business decisions  political strategies and interpersonal relationshipsoin effect  to life itself.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44669292806197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0670083496","price":29.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0670083496.jpg?v=1756550575","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-difficulty-of-being-good-on-the-subtle-art-of-dharma","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}