When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times
Title:
When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times
Author:
Chödrön, Pema, author.
ISBN:
9781611803433
9781611803891
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Edition:
20th anniversary edition.
Physical Description:
xiii, 154 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
"Afterword to the 20th anniversary edition ©2016"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Intimacy with fear -- When things fall apart -- This very moment is the perfect teacher -- Relax as it is -- It's never too late -- Not causing harm -- Hopelessness and death -- Eight worldly Dharmas -- Six kinds of loneliness -- Curious about existence -- Nonaggression and the four maras -- Growing up -- Widening the circle of compassion -- The love that will not die -- Going against the grain -- Servants of peace -- Opinions -- Secret oral instructions -- Three methods for working with chaos -- The trick of choicelessness -- Reversing the wheel of Samsara -- The path is the goal.
Abstract:
Describes a traditional Buddhist approach to suffering and how embracing the painful situation and using communication, negative habits, and painful emotions leads to emotional growth and happiness.
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