Sign in
Read to Sleep
Books
Kids
Popular
Authors & Events
Gifts & Deals
Audio
Sign In
Look Inside
Sep 05, 2017 | ISBN 9781611805253 Buy
Nov 05, 1996 | ISBN 9780834821194 Buy
Also available from:
Available from:
Sep 05, 2017 | ISBN 9781611805253
Nov 05, 1996 | ISBN 9780834821194
Inspiration and encouragement for cultivating kindness–by embracing the joy, suffering, confusion, and brilliance of our everyday lives.Do you want to be a more compassionate person, confident and unafraid to love yourself and the world around you unconditionally, but aren’t sure how? We often look far and wide for guidance to become better people, as though the answers were somewhere out there. But Pema Chödrön suggests that the best and most direct teacher for awakening loving-kindness is in fact your very own life. Based on talks given during a one-month meditation retreat at Gampo Abbey, where Pema lives and teaches, her teachings here focus on learning how to see the events of our lives as the perfect material for learning to love ourselves and our world playfully and wholeheartedly—and to live in our skin fearlessly, without aggression, harshness, or shame. This is instruction for embarking on the greatest adventure of all, to come alive to your inherent human kindness.
Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun and one of the foremost students of Chögyam Trungpa, the renowned meditation master. She is the author of The Wisdom of No Escape, Start Where You Are, and The Places That Scare You,… More about Pema Chodron
“These teachings are simple, earthy, and alive. Pema’s deep experience and her fresh way of looking at things are like mountain water-clear and refreshing, as good Dharma should be.” —Jack Kornfield, coauthor of Seeking the Heart of Wisdom
Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network
Stay in Touch
By clicking Sign Up, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
