x, 110 pages ;23 cm.; Preface -- Loving-kindness -- Satisfaction -- Finding our own true nature -- Precision, gentleness, and letting go -- The wisdom of no escape -- Joy -- Taking a bigger perspective -- No such thing as a true story -- Weather and the Four Noble Truths -- Not too tight, not too loose -- Renunciation -- Sending and taking -- Taking refuge -- Not preferring samsara or nirvana -- The dharma that is taught and the dharma that is experienced -- Sticking to one boat -- Inconvenience -- The four reminders. "This book is about saying yes to life in all its manifestations--embracing the potent mixture of joy, suffering, brilliance, and confusion that characterizes the human experience. Pema Chödrön shows us the profound value of our situation of "no escape" from the ups and downs of life"-- Publisher description. 

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