Start Where You Are

Begin Where You Are is an indispensable manual for cultivating fear and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chödrön presents practical advice on how we can "start where we are"—by accepting instead of denying the painful aspects of our lives. Pema Chödrön structures her teachings on compassion around the fifty-nine maxims or traditional slogans of Tibetan Buddhism, such as: "Always practice only a joyful state of mind," "Do not seek the pain of others as 'and part of your happiness', and 'Always meditate on anything that causes unhappiness'.

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