xiii, 154 pages ; 23 cm; 1. No Escape No Problem --- 2. No big deal --- 3. Pulling Out the Rug --- 4. Let the World Speak for Itself --- 5. Poison as Medicine --- 6. Start Where You Are --- 7. Bringing All That We Meet to the Path --- 8. Drive All Blames into One --- 9. Be Grateful to Everyone --- 10. Cutting the Solidity of Thoughts --- 11. Overcoming Resistance --- 12. Empty Boat --- 13. Teachings for Life and Death --- 14. LovingKindness and Compassion --- 15. Lighten Up --- 16. Abandon Any Hope of Fruition --- 17. Compassionate Action --- 18. Taking Responsibility for Your Own Actions --- 19. Communication from the Heart --- 20. The Big Squeeze --- 21. HighStakes Practice --- 22. Train Wholeheartedly ---- Appendix: The Root Text of the Seven Points of Training the Mind.; Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chodron, author of The Wisdom of No Escape and When Things Fall Apart, presents down-to-earth guidance on how to make friends with ourselves and develop genuine compassion toward others. The author shows how we can "start where we are" by embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives. Pema Chodron frames her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist maxims, or slogans, such as: - Always apply a joyful state of mind; -Don't seek others' pain as the limbs of your own happiness; -Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment; - Be grateful to everyone. Working with these slogans and through the practice of meditation, Start Where You Are shows how we can all develop the courage to work with our own inner pain and discover joy, well-being, and confidence.; 

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