Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics)

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. No Escape, No Problem — No Big Deal — Pulling Out The Rug — Let The World Speak For Itself — Poisons As Medicine — Start Where You Are — Brining All That We Meet To The Path — Drive All Blames Into One — Be Grateful To Everyone — Cutting The Solidity Of Thoughts — Overcoming Resistance — Empty Boat — Teaching For Life And Death — Loving-kindness And Compassion — Lighten Up — Abandon Any Hope Of Fruition — Compassionate Action — Taking Responsibility For Your Own Actions — Communication From The Heart — The Big Squeeze — High-stakes Practice — Train Wholeheartedly. Pema Chödrön. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 149) And Index.