How We Live Is How We Die
Shambhala · Print & ebook · October 3, 2023
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- Who it’s for
- Pema Chödrön explores how Buddhist teachings can help us meet life’s transitions with openness and compassion.
- Genres
- Grief & Loss, Tibetan Buddhism, Meditation
- Published
- Shambhala, October 3, 2023
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Discover newfound freedom in life’s ever-constant flow of endings and beginnings with the wise words of Pema Chödrön, beloved Buddhist nun and bestselling author of When Things Fall Apart. New in paperback! As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a day, the end of a relationship, and ultimately the end of life. And accompanying each ending is a beginning, though it may be unclear what the beginning holds.
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In How We Live Is How We Die, Pema Chödrön shares her wisdom for working with this flow of life—learning to live with ease, joy, and compassion through uncertainty, embracing new beginnings, and ultimately preparing for death with curiosity and openness rather than fear. Poignant for readers of all ages, her teachings on the bardos—a Tibetan term referring to a state of transition, including what happens between this life and the next—reveal their power and relevance at each moment of our lives. She also offers practical methods for transforming life’s most challenging emotions about change and uncertainty into a path of awakening and love. As she teaches, the more freedom we can find in our hearts and minds as we live this life, the more fearlessly we’ll be able to confront death and what lies beyond. In all, Pema provides readers with a master course in living life fully and compassionately in the shadow of death and change.
Meeting the In-Between
Pema Chödrön explores how Buddhist teachings can help us meet life’s transitions with openness and compassion.
Come here for
- Buddhist teachings on change, death, and uncertain beginnings
- A compassionate way to meet difficult emotions
Expect
- Reflections on the bardos and life’s many transitions
- Practical methods for working with change and uncertainty
Where it sits
| Grief & Loss | 43% |
|---|---|
| Meditation | 42% |
| Tibetan Buddhism | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Meditation
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Grief & Loss
- Authors
- Pema Chodron, Pema Chödrön
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Published
- October 3, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Meditation