When things fall apart: heart advice for difficult times
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There is a fundamental happiness right within our reach, yet we usually miss it—ironically, while caught up in attempts to escape pain and suffering. Pema Chödrön's radical and compassionate advice for what to do when things fall apart in our lives goes against the grain of our usual habits and expectations and confronts us with traditional Buddhist wisdom. There is only one approach to suffering that is of lasting benefit, Pema teaches, and that approach involves moving toward painful situations to the best of our ability with friendliness and curiosity, relaxing into the essential groundlessness of our entire situation. It is there, in the midst of chaos, that we can discover the truth and love that are indestructible. Included in the book are: • Ways to use painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage • Ways to communicate that lead to openness and true intimacy with others • Practices for reversing our negative habitual patterns • Methods for working with chaotic situations • Ways to cultivate compassionate, energetic social action
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9781611803891
9781611803433
9780525591849
9780834821002
9781611803433
9780525591849
9780834821002
Table of Contents
From the Book - 20th anniversary edition.
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.
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