
Start Where You Are
A Guide to Compassionate Living
$39.15
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
6 November 2018
Summary
Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chodron presents down-to-earth guidance on how we can “start where we are”-embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives. Pema Chodron frames her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist maxims, or slogans, such as- “Always apply only a joyful state of mind,” “Don’t seek others’ pain as the limbs…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611805970 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 161180597X |
| Author: | Pema Chodron |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 6 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 307mm x 208mm |
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“Instead of telling us a million things we need to fix in order to achieve mindfulness, Ch
“Instead of telling us a million things we need to fix in order to achieve mindfulness, Chödrön argues that we are exactly where we need to be. A must-read for any mindful and emotionally intelligent practitioner.”—Book Riot
About The Author
Pema Chodron
Pema Chodron is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart and Don’t Bite the Hook.
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