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The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)

by Pema Chodron

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We always have a choice, Pema Chodron teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond that fear lies a state of openheartedness and tenderness. This book teaches us how to awaken our basic goodness and connect with others, to accept ourselves and others complete with faults and imperfections, and to stay in the present moment by seeing through the strategies of ego that cause us to resist life as it is.

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The beloved American-born Buddhist nun, author of "When Things Fall Apart, " shows how at the core of the most painful experiences lie the seeds of spiritual awakening.
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Nick Chapman, April 28, 2008 (view all comments by Nick Chapman)
Buddhists of all stripes, non-Buddhists, anyone with a thoughtful mind and an openness to spirituality will find things to intrigue, enlighten, guide and help them in Pema Chodron's writings. This is perhaps my favorite book and the one I give the most, as it so often is the case that it is in "difficult times" that people start looking for answers, or new ways. Like all of Pema Chodron's works, this book does not offer answers, or at least not any easy or obvious ones, but it does offer new ways, ways forward even in the darkest of times.

Very accessible - no prior background in Buddhism, or indeed in any spiritual practice, is necessary to approach and enter into this book, and she has a wonderful, engaging voice.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781570629211
Subtitle:
A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
Author:
Chodron
Publisher:
Shambhala Publications
Subject:
Buddhism
Subject:
Buddhism - General
Subject:
Spiritual
Subject:
Religious life (buddhism)
Subject:
Buddhism -- Doctrines.
Series:
Shambhala Classics
Publication Date:
August 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
8.96x6.04x.47 in. .52 lbs.
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