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Start Where You Are

A Guide to Compassionate Living

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Start Where You Are

By: Pema Chodron
Narrated by: Joanna Rotté
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Start Where You Are is an indispensable audiobook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chödrön offers guidance on how we can accept our flaws and embrace ourselves wholeheartedly as a prerequisite for developing compassion. Chödrön frames her teachings around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist slogans (called lojong in Tibetan), such as: “Always apply only a joyful state of mind” and “Don’t seek others’ pain as the limbs of your own happiness.” Through working with these slogans, we can begin to develop the courage to face our inner pain and thereby discover a wealth of freedom, well-being, and confidence.

©1994 Pema Chödrön (P)2008 Shambhala Publications Buddhism

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I enjoyed this book very much and recommend it highly to anyone who wants to view life in a loving, inspired way. Pema is both enlightened and enlightening. Great work.

Start where you are is a life changing book

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Absolutely brilliant - best book I read in years! Rich charterers and impeccable story 👏👏👏 just brilliant

Brilliant

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Pithy teachings, skilfully presented and beautifully read. I strongly recommend it. Thank you very much

Pithy teachings, skilfully presented and beautifully read

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for me, lots of gems and precious nuggets are contained within. so much so that after the first listen through. I now listen at random and repeat when I can.
I love the message and the guidance shared within.

I read this book on repeat

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Pema Chödron has the gift to clearly explain old teachings and texts. She makes it not only understandable, but immensely light hearted, honest and funny. Wholeheartedly recommended. The narration is also very pleasant and very well done!

Honest, clear and funny explanation of Lojong teachings and a more free way to live

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The brave reminder to continue to embrace ourselves and life with acceptance. To practice loving kindness.

The impossibility of ‘happiness’

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Very easy to listen to, wonderful presentation of Lojong, now my favourite Pema Chodron teaching.

Start where you are.

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I haven't finished this book yet, but I feel like I would enjoy it more if I were physically reading it rather than listening to it so I could go back and forth more easily. I do, however, really like listening to it, it's quite relaxing, but then I don't concentrate on what's being said!

Better buy paperback

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One of the most powerful books I’ve ever read, I really can’t recommend it highly enough.

This Book will change your life

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This book is excellent i highly recommend this read loved it. Pema is so profound

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