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WHEN THINGS FALL APART: Heart Advice for Difficult Times CD setread by Pema ChodronHow can we go on living when things fall apart--when we are overcome by pain, fear, and anxiety? Pema Chödrön's answer to that question contains some spectacularly good news: there is a fundamental happiness readily available to each one of us, no matter how difficult things seem to be. To find it, according to traditional Buddhist teaching, we must learn to stop running from suffering and instead actually approach it --fearlessly, compassionately, and with curiosity. This radical practice enables us to use all situations, even very painful ones, as a means for discovering the truth and love that are utterly indestructible. "As one of Pema Chodron's grateful students, I have been learning the most pressing and necessary lesson of all: how to keep opening wider my own heart."--Alice Walker Pema Chodron is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, and is the author of nine books and many audio books, including The Places That Scare You and Don't Bite the Hook. This best-selling classic is now abridged on CD. | |