The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

Chodron, Pema

ISBN 10: 1590304497 / ISBN 13: 9781590304495

Published by Shambhala Pubns, 2007

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reprint edition. 186 pages. 7.00x4.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
• Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590304497
• ISBN 13: 9781590304495
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.09 kilograms

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Synopsis

We always have a choice, Pema Chödrön teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond that fear lies a state of openheartedness and tenderness. This book teaches us how to awaken our basic goodness and connect with others, to accept ourselves and others complete with faults and imperfections, and to stay in the present moment by seeing through the strategies of ego that cause us to resist life as it is.

About the Author

Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart and Don't Bite the Hook.