The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

Beloved Buddhist teacher Pema Ch dr n offers guidance for coping with the difficult moments in our lives--showing us how they can soften our hearts and open us to greater kindness

We always have a choice in how we react to the circumstances of our lives. We can let them harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and allow our inherent human kindness to shine through.

In The Places That Scare You, Pema Ch dr n provides essential tools for dealing with the many difficulties that life throws our way, teaching us how to awaken our basic human goodness and connect deeply with others--to accept ourselves and everything around us complete with faults and imperfections. Drawing from the core teachings of Buddhism, she shows the strength that comes from staying in touch with what's happening in our lives right now and helps us unmask the ways in which our egos cause us to resist life as it is. If we go to the places that scare us, Pema suggests, we just might find the boundless life we've always dreamed of.

Author: Pema Chödrön
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 08/09/2005
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.04h x 4.56w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9781590302651
ISBN10: 1590302656
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Tibetan
- Self-Help | Meditations
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Mindfulness & Meditation

About the Author
Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa and resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America. She is the author of numerous best-selling books, including When Things Fall Apart, Living Beautifully, and Welcoming the Unwelcome.