$22.40
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
20 March 2006
Summary
Pema Chödrön reveals the vast potential for happiness, wisdom, and courage even in the most painful circumstances. She teaches that there is a fundamental opportunity for happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it—ironically, while we are caught up in attempts to escape pain and suffering.
This accessible guide to compassionate living shows us how we can:
- Use painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage.
- Develop ways of communicati…
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: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 14mm |
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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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