When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times / Pema Chödrön.
Title:
When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times / Pema Chödrön.
Personal Author:
Edition:
20th anniversary edition.
Publication:
Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, 2016.
Copyright:
©1997
Publication Date:
2016
ISBN:
9781611803433
9781611803891
General Note:
Afterword to the 20th anniversary edition ©2016.
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 theel of Samsara -- The path is the goal.
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 challenging experiences leads to emotional growth and happiness.
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
Language:
English
Subject:
