Start Where You are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

Ch�dr�n, Pema

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9781590305829: Start Where You are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

ISBN 10: 1590305825 ISBN 13: 9781590305829

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 2008

Start Where You Are is an indispensable audiobook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Ch�dr�n offers guidance on how we can accept our flaws and embrace ourselves wholeheartedly as a prerequisite for developing compassion. Ch�dr�n frames her teachings around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist slogans (called lojong in Tibetan), such as: “Always apply only a joyful state of mind” and “Don’t seek others’ pain as the limbs of your own happiness.” Through working with these slogans, we can begin to develop the courage to face our inner pain and thereby discover a wealth of freedom, well-being, and confidence.

5 CDs, 6 hours.

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Review:

" Gives down-to-earth instructions for walking the Buddhist talk of compassion." "— Shambhala Sun"

"Gives down-to-earth instructions for walking the Buddhist talk of compassion.""—Shambhala Sun"
"As one of Pema Ch�dr�n'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

"Gives down-to-earth instructions for walking the Buddhist talk of compassion."--Shambhala Sun

"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

Synopsis:

This audio book is an indispensable tool for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humour, Pema Chodron offers guidance on how to accept our flaws and embrace ourselves wholeheartedly as a prerequisite for developing compassion. She frames her teachings around fifty-nine traditional Buddhist practice slogans (called lojong in Tibetan), such as: 'Always maintain only a joyful mind', and 'Don't seek others' pain as the limbs of your own happiness'. Working with these slogans we begin to develop the courage to face our inner pain and thereby discover a wealth of joy, well-being, and confidence.

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