Mel Pine
Writer, Buddhist Practitioner, and Spiritual Communicator
A Buddhist Path to Joy, Offering a Compassionate Guide to Modern Spiritual Living
A Buddhist Path to Joy explores core Buddhist concepts, including the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, karma, and Buddha Nature. Pine interweaves personal anecdotes, insightful analysis, and practical exercises to guide readers on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth. This book adds 50% new content to The New Middle Way, going deeper and including new topics such as the role of AI in understanding consciousness and compatible spiritual traditions.
"I'm honored that you've chosen to read this book. I'll be even more honored if it helps you awaken to a joyful life in whatever spiritual tradition or life path you choose. May every step of your journey be joyful." – Mel Pine
Praise for The New Middle Way
"He (Pine) steers away from rigidity, instead urging readers to discover their own awakening, and delivers many practical tips for anyone seeking a new perspective on joy."
--Review of the New Middle Way in BookLife by Publishers Weekly
“Mel Pine has distilled a lifetime of learning and packaged it in the most caring heart. This is a delightful book dealing with noble truths that will benefit many.”
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-- Andrew Holecek, spiritual teacher and author, on The New Middle Way
"His (Pine’s) conversational tone feels like sitting with a wise and compassionate elder and teacher who speaks from both knowledge and experience.”
--Review of The New Middle Way by author Maileen Hamto in Reedsy Discovery
Read 'Path to Joy' Now for Free
I can now offer my soon-to-be-published book, A Buddhist Path to Joy, at no cost in two ways and at low cost in several others. These options apply until the October 17 release date. First, the free options to read it now.
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For you or any others you know who are willing to read the book as an ebook or PDF and post one or more reviews on Goodreads or your favorite online bookseller, here’s the link.
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If you or anyone you know is a librarian, book reviewer, podcast host, book store manager, or journalist who may be interested in reviewing the book or in interviewing an aging author on a mission to end his years independently publishing, the ebook is available through Netgalley.
You can pre-order the book most affordably on Smashwords, a global online bookseller that focuses on books by independent authors. It's also the only outlet that lets you read the book now, before the release date. The pre-release price on Smashwords is $1.99, and you can lower that to 99 cents by clicking the button you'll see to join my mailing list just before you complete the purchase. Once you complete the purchase, Smashwords will email the epub file to you. You can load that file into most ebook readers, including Apple Books.
Here's a link to all the online retailers offering A Buddhist Path to Joy at pre-publication prices ranging from $1.99 to $2.99.