When Things Fall Apart, 9780007183517
Paperback
Find happiness in pain: wisdom, compassion, courage when things fall apart.

When Things Fall Apart

heart advice for difficult times

$22.40

  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    20 March 2006

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Summary

Embracing the Broken Heart: Finding Strength in Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön unveils the profound potential for happiness, wisdom, and courage, even amidst life’s most challenging moments.

Chödrön illustrates that true happiness is always within reach, yet we often overlook it in our attempts to avoid pain and suffering. This insightful guide to compassionate living reveals how to:

  • Transform painful emotions into sources of wisdom, compassion, and courage.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780007183517
ISBN-10:0007183518
Author:Pema Chodron
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Harper Thorsons
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Edition:02nd
Release Date:20 March 2006
Weight:200g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 13mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Pema’s deep experience and her fresh way of looking at things are like mountain water – clear and deep.’ Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry. ‘As one of Pema Chodron’s grateful students, I have been learning the most pressing and necessary lesson of all: how to keep opening wider my own heart.’ Alice Walker ‘It is a lively and accessible take on ancient techniques for transforming terror and pain into joy and compassion.’ O, the Oprah Winfrey magazine

About The Author

Pema Chodron

Pema Choedroen is an American Buddhist nun and one of the foremost students of Chogyam Trungpa, the renowned Tibetan meditation master. She is the author of The Wisdom of No Escape, Start Where You Are, The Places that Scare You and the best-selling When Things Fall Apart. She is the resident teacher at Gampo Abbey, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners.

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