{"title":"Author - Werapitiya, M.B.","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"1774","title":"Path to Purity, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes the I of the Cyclone, Your Mental Abode, the Balance of Equity, and a Waste of Time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Werapitiya, M.B.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101525774430,"sku":"BPS:402081","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/402081_11f65305-31d3-4ba1-b440-a4cbe41c88dd.jpg?v=1760547848"},{"product_id":"1879","title":"Your Best Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author suggests that you are the maker and the unmaker of your own mind:\u003cbr\u003e\"Your intrinsic mind is your best friend who like your shadow never deserts you. It is a sturdy defender of morality, justice and righteousness. Should you have to plead your case for freedom, happiness and peace, the only competent court is your mind. Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another. Few there be with a little dust in their eyes to realize this fact while the majority not willing to be examined or censured by their own minds lie buried under the debris of ignorance and groan and moan that all things are vexation of spirit and life a torment. Every bulletin of world news unfolds a shocking state of affairs in human society, of global conflicts, man's inhumanity to man, infringement of basic human rights, all of which relegate man to sub-human levels. If every new day brings forth a new way of annihilating the human race, we have certainly got our thinking wrong and we have ourselves to blame that we have not lived in our minds but in all forms of mania.\"\u003cbr\u003eThese essays examine the roll of one's own mind as the truest of friends. Understanding one's own mind--though sometimes it is unruly and fickle--is the unfailing recipe for mental health and well-being, and thus for all of society. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Werapitiya, M.B.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101533179998,"sku":"BPS:402090","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/402090_0abe2880-721a-4f8c-998b-6b3a46945f78.jpg?v=1760547915"},{"product_id":"6600","title":"Your Best Friend: And Other Essay by M. B. Werapitiya (MP3 Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No. 90 by M. B. Werapitiya, \u003cem\u003eYour Best Friend: And Other Essays,\u003c\/em\u003e narrated by Tejendra Patel.  The print edition can be found in the Pariyatti Edition of \u003ca href=\"\/collected-bodhi-leaves-vol-3\"\u003eCollected Bodhi Leaves Vol. III\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=bl090\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eeBook of Bodhi Leaves No. 90\u003c\/a\u003e can be downloaded from the BPS website.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"To understand ourselves, we must live with ourselves and know all about ourselves. The mind for that matter is flickering, fickle, difficult to guard and control and flutters like a fish taken out of its watery abode and thrown upon the land. Somebody causes you hurt and although the aggressor has disappeared from sight, the hurt grows within you and every so often keeps surfacing with an overpowering intensity to give you a warp. Then again, you see something that has captured your attention and your mind has instantly photographed it from every conceivable angle with a see-through lens, developed it in your mental dark-room, brought out the prints and enlargements with the skill of an expert cameraman and processor rolled into one. Similarly, all the sense faculties and the mind are of high sensitivity and respond to anything and everything exciting. If the degree of excitement is not sufficiently satisfying, you step it up with the use of drugs, intoxicants and poisons. This activity goes on unabated and makes of you a human derelict. A wise person living in his mind protects himself holding himself dear. Such a person whose senses are subdued, whose pride is destroyed and is free from corruptions, is calm of mind, speech and action and rightly knows, and is perfectly peaceful and equipoised.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"iframe-container\"\u003e \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/904981355?quality=1080p\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 20px\"\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" class=\"btn\" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download\u0026amp;id=1Ncv05dI5kH9e_Q-47nbNOkmCAWN0n0ck';\"\u003eDownload Single File (18MB)\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" class=\"btn\" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download\u0026amp;id=1OAsRoeZ4OA_r79kVF3HCm_t33PmlSJlX';\"\u003eDownload Chapters (18MB)\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/o6DCt16IALs\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"youtube_link\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eView on YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e  \u003chr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/Audiobooks_c_40.html\"\u003eCheck out our complete audiobook catalog.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWe are grateful to the volunteers who offered their time and skills creating this product so that we can offer it freely. 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