{"product_id":"1574","title":"Buddha \u0026 Catch-22, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is now twenty-five years since the publication, in 1961, of Joseph Heller's astonishing novel, Catch-22; yet so far, it seems, there has been no public comment on certain striking parallels between the Buddha's Teaching and some of the content of that novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most immediately obvious similarity between the Teaching and the novel is that both are deeply concerned with man's mortality. \"Old age, sickness, and death\" is a phrase that occurs repeatedly in the Buddha's Teaching. The fact of man's mortality -- a constant peril in an inconstant world -- is a perception absolutely fundamental to the perspective of life presented by the Buddha's Teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in Catch-22 the protagonist, Yossarian, is no less deeply concerned about old age, sickness, and death. The spectre of their imminence is his constant dread. As his friend Dunbar puts it,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Do you know how long a year takes when it's going away? This long.\" He snapped his fingers. \"A second ago you were stepping into college with your lungs full of fresh air. Today you're an old man.\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodhesako, Samanera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101508079710,"sku":"BPS:402110","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/402110.jpg?v=1760547714","url":"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/products\/1574","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}