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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
: :Much like Zen, Pema Chodron's interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism takes the form of a nontheistic spiritualism. In When Things Fall Apart this head of a Tibetan monastery in Canada outlines some relevant and deceptively profound terms of Tibetan Buddhism that are germane to modern issues. The key to all of these terms is accepting that in the final analysis, life is groundless. By letting go, we free ourselves to face fear and obstacles and offer ourselves unflinchingly to others. The ...
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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
: 's Best of 2001:Pema Chödrön may have more good one-liners than a Groucho Marx retrospective, but this nun's stingers go straight to the heart: 'The essence of bravery is being without self-deception'; 'When we practice generosity, we become intimate with our grasping'; 'Difficult people are the greatest teachers.' These are the punctuations to specific teachings of fearlessness. In The Places That Scare You, Chödrön introduces a host of the compassionate warriors' tools and concepts for transforming anxieties and negative emotions ...
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Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality
:Book Description:An urge comes up, we succumb to it, and it becomes stronger. We reinforce our cravings, habits, and addictions by giving in to them repeatedly. Pema Chödrön guides us through this 'sticky feeling' and offers us tools for learning to stay with our uneasiness, soften our hearts toward others, and ourselves and live a more peaceful life in the fullness of the present moment.
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Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions
: :Listen to an audio excerpt online in MP3 format—click here. Life has a way of provoking us with traffic jams and computer malfunctions, with emotionally distant partners and crying children—and before we know it, we're upset. We feel terrible, and then we end up saying and doing things that only make matters worse. But it doesn't have to be that way, says Pema Chödrön. It is possible to relate constructively to the inevitable shocks, losses, and frustrations of life ...
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The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness
: :This book is about saying yes to life in all its manifestationsâembracing the potent mixture of joy, suffering, brilliance, and confusion that characterizes the human experience. Pema Chödrön shows us the profound value of our situation of 'no escape' from the ups and downs of life.
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Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics)
: :Pema Chodron is a Buddhist nun for regular folks. Having raised a family of her own, she doesn't shy away from persistent troubles and the basic meatiness of life. In fact, in Start Where You Are, Chodron tries to get us to see that the faults and foibles in each of us now are the perfect ingredients for creating a better life. No need to wait for a quieter time or a more settled mind. The trick Chodron says is ...
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Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
: :This book by the renowned American Buddhist nun offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living. Comfortable with Uncertainty does not assume prior knowledge of Buddhist thought or practice, making it a perfect introduction to Pema Chödrön's teaching on lovingkindness, meditation, mindfulness, 'nowness,' letting go, and working with fear and other painful emotions. More than a collection of thoughts for the day, Comfortable with Uncertainty offers a progressive program ...
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Turning the Mind Into an Ally
:Book Description:Sakyong Mipham shows how to cultivate a strong stable mind and no longer live 'at the mercy of our moods.' His stories and wisdom from American culture, as well as from the great Buddhist teachers, help demystify this essential discipline and place it in the framework of Western culture. Accessible, practical, and clear, it provides readers with the necessary tools for taming the mind.
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The Pema Chodron Audio Collection: Pure Meditation:Good Medicine:From Fear to Fearlessness
: :Chodron demonstrates how effective the Buddhist point of view can be in bringing order into disordered lives. Publishers WeeklyPema Chdron, one of the Wests most beloved teachers of Buddhism, makes the Tibetan vajrayana tradition accessible in todays world. Now three of her most popular teachings are available in one boxed set. Pema Chdrn is a bhikshuni, or Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition. Since her ordination in 1974, Ane Pema ('Ane' is a Tibetan honorific for a nun) ...
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How to Meditate With Pema Chodron: A Practical Guide to Making Friends With Your Mind
:Book Description:When it comes to meditation, Pema Chödrön is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost instructors. Yet most of her books and teaching programs have focused on the benefits and challenges of a well-established practice . . . until now. On How to Meditate with Pema Chödrön, the American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun and author of When Things Fall Apart (Shambhala, 2000) presents her first complete audio course for those new to meditation. This in-depth, 5-session curriculum helps listeners ...
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