When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times | Pema Chodron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times | Pema Chodron | A great book by Pema Chodron

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	When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Pema Chodron Shambhala, 2005 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 129 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Packs a kharmic wallop

A zen man for 40 years, I often find Tibetan Buddhism mired in three-of-this and eight-of-that. But this book is an exception. Chodron packs a wallop that's more powerful, penetrating, profound, and personal than I've dared stand up to in a decade. You needn't accept Buddhism, foreswear Christianity, or even the NEW YORK TIMES. She simply points to a world of sanity that underlies "all the above." CAVEAT: If you read more than a chapter a day, you're only devouring it, not digesting it.

A great book by Pema Chodron

This book was recommended to me by my therapist. It teaches incredible bravery in facing your fears and allowing yourself to be vulnerable. At the time I read it, I was not a Buddhist, and found it very helpful. Now, I've gone on to become a Buddhist. For the beginner or the advanced, this book offers so much.

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Life's Energy, When Things Fall Apart, Start From Where You Are, etc.

Pema Chodron is, without a doubt, an inspirational phenom. She brings the concepts of Buddhism in a down to earth compassionate manner. Before becoming a Buddhist Nun, born in the U.S., she spent early adulthood, as wife and mother, in the southwest. As an American her teachings offer a bridge and insight connecting western culture and Buddhist concepts that just make sense. This book as well as her other publications have helped to provide a spiritual centering and peace, whether in daily life or as a concerned citizen in a very troubled nation and world. If you're on a path to true awareness, emotional health and spiritual depth, then Pema's works are key.

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Simple, Real, and Easy to Follow

Pema Chodron is one of the most real and down to earth practicing Buddhist teachers I have come across to date. She brings forth the great wisdom from her own two marriages, children and personal life lessons. She has been a great source of comfort to me during my own difficult times in life and really helped me practice Buddhism in a way that has helped me understand my higher calling and why I am here. I highly recommend this book and all of her books.

Guidance without hyperbole

I have always read and re-read the works of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche,deeply appreciating his ability to cut through life's muddled battles. Pema Chodron is easily as gifted a writer as Rinpoche, her teacher.
This book is plain, direct, humble and real. She never offers "solutions" but instead gently guides you to look in places you pass by every day. I've had a crazy year, and reading this book got me back to the place we always are: now.
After reading this, I realized, with a laugh, that I'm already Buddhist and I might as well accept it and get some meditation instruction.

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