When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times /
Chödrön, Pema,
When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times / Pema Chödrön ; [with a new afterword by the author]. - 20th anniversary edition. - xiii, 154 pages ; 22 cm
"Afterword to the 20th anniversary edition ©2016"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154).
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.
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.
1611803438 9781611803433 9781611803891 1611803896
2016439369
Religious life--Buddhism.
When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times / Pema Chödrön ; [with a new afterword by the author]. - 20th anniversary edition. - xiii, 154 pages ; 22 cm
"Afterword to the 20th anniversary edition ©2016"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154).
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.
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.
1611803438 9781611803433 9781611803891 1611803896
2016439369
Religious life--Buddhism.