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Start Where You Are
A Guide to Compassionate Living
Book Summary
An American Buddhist nun explains how to become compassionate and fearless by accepting the pain in individual lives in their present state through the study of fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist sayings.
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This book is about:
- Doctrines,
- Tibet,
- Buddhism,
- China,
- Spiritual life
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You're Only Human: 3 Books That Forgive Your Faults
In Start Where You Are, Buddhist nun Pema Chodron makes an unexpected promise. Those despicable parts of your human nature? They're the raw material for wisdom and growth. "You can feel as wretched as you like, and you're still a good candidate for enlightenment," she reassures us. Whether you want to meditate your way to Buddhahood or just quit smoking, you don't have to wait to become someone else. Many of us have a desperate hope: On Jan. 1, I'll wake up and I won't be... more
—Kelly McGonigal
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