Start where you are : a guide to compassionate living /

An American Buddhist nun explains how to become compassionate and fearless by accepting the pain in individual lives in their present state through the study of fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist sayings.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chödrön, Pema (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Shambhala, 2001.
Series:Shambhala classics.
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Table of Contents:
  • No escape, no problem
  • No big deal
  • Pulling out the rug
  • Let the world speak for itself
  • Poisons as medicine
  • Start where you are
  • Brining all that we meet to the path
  • Drive all blames into one
  • Be grateful to everyone
  • Cutting the solidity of thoughts
  • Overcoming resistance
  • Empty boat
  • Teaching for life and death
  • Loving-kindness and compassion
  • Lighten up
  • Abandon any hope of fruition
  • Compassionate action
  • Taking responsibility for your own actions
  • Communication from the heart
  • The big squeeze
  • High-stakes practice
  • Train wholeheartedly.