The Pocket Pema Chodron Author: Pema Chodron | Language: English | ISBN:
B0041VYNVQ | Format: PDF
The Pocket Pema Chodron Description
Here is a treasury of 108 short selections from the best-selling books of Pema Chödrön, the beloved Buddhist nun. Designed for on-the-go inspiration, this collection offers teachings on:
- breaking free of destructive patterns
- developing patience, kindness, and joy amid our everyday struggles
- unlocking our natural warmth, intelligence, and goodness
- File Size: 198 KB
- Print Length: 208 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1590306511
- Publisher: Shambhala Publications (September 14, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0041VYNVQ
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,982 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #18
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > Tibetan - #58
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine > Meditation - #86
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Religion & Spirituality > New Age > Meditation
- #18
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > Tibetan - #58
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine > Meditation - #86
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Religion & Spirituality > New Age > Meditation
Part outline, part entree, part reminder of all that we have read earlier from Pema, the notes we would have taken in her class (were we enlightened enough to do so). The more extended teachings -- on happiness, fear, uncertainty, on identifying the hook of habitual behaviors and choosing otherwise, on seeking out rather than avoiding the life in which you are "continually thrown out of the nest," on the difference between repressing and refraining -- remain essential, and references to those sources are provided in the back of this little pocket book. Yet this diminutive, pithy collection is like an extended slogan, or the stone pocketed on the shore during your last night at retreat, a convenient yet powerful reminder of something good and sane that can help guide you through times -- such as these -- when goodness and sanity are up against some pretty ancient thinking and habits.
It's the nature of things to change, Pema tells us, "and you don't have to freak out about it." Said another way, that might take a book's worth of observation and explication. The reader should come to this collection aware that it is a sampling, a distillation. Some of the teachings are complex; some of the students are not ready; times change, receptiveness matures. Pema wouldn't tell you to "abandon hope," if it were not good for you, so be willing to learn more about that, if it seems at odds with your expectations. Start here, and then use the references to read further.
By S. Sweeney
Even if you have all of Pema's books, you'll want this little treasure. It's the best of Pema distilled into pure golden nuggets of wisdom. Everyone should have some Pema for their pocket!
By Hilary Stewart
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