Start Where You Are : How to Accept Yourself and Others

Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart, from bestselling author Pema Chödrön. With insight and humour, she presents down-to-earth guidance on how to make friends with ourselves and develop genuine compassion towards others. This book 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’, ‘Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment’ and ‘Be grateful to everyone’. 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.Author: Chödrön, Pema,author Contributors: Chödrön, Pema,author Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 235 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Published/Release Date: 7 Mar 2005 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: HarperCollins Publishers Author/Director/Artist: Pema Chodron Dimension (cm): 197x130x15 mm Package Dimension (cm): 22x196x129 mm Item Weight (g): 210 Package Weight (g): 174