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Shambhala

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

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Title: Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
Author: Pema Chödrön
ISBN: 9781590301425
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 240
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: This is a beautiful, gift book edition (with a ribbon marker) of a modern-day classic. Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chödrön, author of The Wisdom of No Escape and When Things Fall Apart, presents down-to-earth guidance on how to make friends with ourselves and develop genuine compassion toward others. The author shows how we can start where we are by embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives. Pema Chödrön frames her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist maxims, or slogans, such as:

- Always apply a joyful state of mind
- Don't seek others' pain as the limbs of your own happiness
- Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment

Working with these slogans and through the practice of meditation, Start Where You Are shows how we can all develop the courage to work with our own inner pain and discover joy, well-being, and confidence.