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When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times / Pema Chödrön.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, 2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 193 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780007183517 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23rd 294.3444 CHO
LOC classification:
  • BQ5410 .C434 2016
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Reference Book VIT-AP Reference 294.3444 CHO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan VISH 023961

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193).

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.

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.

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