Author: Joan Halifax
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: presence, death, fearlessness, compassion, cultivating, dying
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-11-17
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1590307186
ISBN-13: 9781590307182

The Buddhist approach to death can be of great benefit to people of all backgrounds�as has been demonstrated time and again in Joan Halifax�s decades of work with the dying and their caregivers. Inspired by traditional Buddhist teachings, her work is a source of wisdom for all those who are charged with a dying person�s care, facing their own death, or wishing to explore and contemplate the transformative power of the dying process. Her teachings affirm that we can open and contact our inner strength, and that we can help others who are suffering to do the same.

Author: Pema Chodro
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: times, shambhala, library, difficult, fearlessness, scare, guide, places
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2005-08-09
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1590302656
ISBN-13: 9781590302651

Pema Ch�dr�n may have more good one-liners than a Groucho Marx retrospective, but this nun’s stingers go straight to the heart: "The essence of bravery is being without self-deception"; "When we practice generosity, we become intimate with our grasping"; "Difficult people are the greatest teachers." These are the punctuations to specific teachings of fearlessness. In The Places That Scare You, Ch�dr�n introduces a host of the compassionate warriors’ tools and concepts for transforming anxieties and negative emotions into positive living. Rather than steeling ourselves against hards

Author: Pema Chodro
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: compassion, shambhala, library, fearlessness, cultivating, uncertainty, teachings, comfortable
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-10-14
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1590306260
ISBN-13: 9781590306260

Comfortable with Uncertainty reads like a perfect companion guide to the traditional 108-day Buddhist retreat. In a day-by-day format, author Pema Ch�dr�n dives into the soothing wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, reminding us that groundlessness is the only ground we have to stand on. Each of her 108 teachings are brief (about two pages), and all of them are excerpted from longer discussions in Ch�dr�n’s previous bestselling books (The Places That Scare You and When Things Fall Apart). Nonetheless, newcomers as well as seasoned fans of Ch�dr�n’s writing will glean much from this training