When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult TimesThe beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemporary American spiritual authors among Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. A collection of talks she gave between 1987 and 1994, the book is a treasury of wisdom for going on living when we are overcome by pain and difficulties. Chödrön discusses: · Using painful emotions to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and courage · Communicating so as to encourage others to open up rather than shut down · Practices for reversing habitual patterns · Methods for working with chaotic situations · Ways for creating effective social action |
Contents
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4 Relax As It Is | 24 |
5 Its Never Too Late | 32 |
6 Not Causing Harm | 41 |
7 Hopelessness and Death | 49 |
8 Eight Worldly Dharmas | 59 |
14 The Love That Will Not Die | 111 |
15 Going against the Grain | 120 |
16 Servants of Peace | 126 |
17 Opinions | 140 |
18 Secret Oral Instructions | 147 |
19 Three Methods for Working with Chaos | 155 |
20 The Trick of Choicelessness | 164 |
21 Reversing the Wheel of Samsara | 177 |
9 Six Kinds of Loneliness | 68 |
10 Curious about Existence | 77 |
11 Nonaggression and the Four Maras | 84 |
12 Growing Up | 95 |
13 Widening the Circle of Compassion | 101 |
22 The Path Is the Goal | 184 |
Bibliography | 189 |
Resources | 190 |
Back Cover | 193 |
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