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When Things Fall Apart

by Pema Chodron
Pema Chodron
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How can we go on living when things fall apart—when we are overcome by pain, fear, and anxiety? Pema Chödrön's answer to that question contains some spectacularly good news: there is a fundamental happiness readily available to each one of us, no matter how difficult things seem to be. To find it, according to traditional Buddhist teaching, we must learn to stop running from suffering and instead actually learn to approach it—fearlessly, compassionately, and with curiosity. This radical practice enables us to use all situations, even very painful ones, as means for discovering the truth and love that are utterly indestructible.

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    August 19, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9781590308707
      • File size: 70019 KB
      • Duration: 02:25:52

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    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      The author says that awareness through meditation can teach us what is true, even when the truth is painful or disorienting. Usually we fight with uncomfortable emotion or act it out in habitual ways; we want things on our own terms and don't want to think about how they affect others. Feelings like craving, resentment, aggression and depression are too much to bear. But by embracing these realities, we can heal and open up to the fundamental joy that is our birthright. We can connect with our noble heart, which "is not affected by all our kicking and screaming." With gentleness and a broad grasp of the human spirit, the author makes this material very inviting, like therapy with a wise, existential therapist. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 16, 2002
      Pema Chodron, a student of Chogyam Trunpa Rinpoche and Abbot of Gampo Abbey, has written the Tibetan Buddhist equivalent of Harold Kushner's famous book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. As the author indicates in the postscript to her book: "We live in difficult times. One senses a possibility they may get worse." Consequently, Chodron's book is filled with useful advice about how Buddhism helps readers to cope with the grim realities of modern life, including fear, despair, rage and the feeling that we are not in control of our lives. Through reflections on the central Buddhist teaching of right mindfulness, Chodron orients readers and gives them language with which to shape their thinking about the ordinary and extraordinary traumas of modern life. But most importantly, Chodron demonstrates how effective the Buddhist point of view can be in bringing order into disordered lives.

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