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When things fall apart : heart advice for difficult times / Pema Chödrön ; [with a new afterword by the author].
Describes a traditional Buddhist approach to suffering and how embracing the painful situation and using communication, negative habits, and painful emotions leads to emotional growth and happiness.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781611803433
- ISBN: 1611803438
- ISBN: 9781611803891
- ISBN: 1611803896
- Physical Description: xiii, 154 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: Twentieth anniversary edition.
- Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, 2016.
- Copyright: ©1997
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. "Afterword to the 20th anniversary edition ©2016"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Intimacy with fear -- When things fall apart -- This very moment is the perfect teacher -- Relax as it is -- It's never too late -- Not causing harm -- Hopelessness and death -- Eight worldly Dharmas -- Six kinds of loneliness -- Curious about existence -- Nonaggression and the four maras -- Growing up -- Widening the circle of compassion -- The love that will not die -- Going against the grain -- Servants of peace -- Opinions -- Secret oral instructions -- Three methods for working with chaos -- The trick of choicelessness -- Reversing the wheel of Samsara -- The path is the goal. |
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| Subject: | Religious life > Buddhism. Communication > Buddhism. Suffering > Religious aspects > Buddhism. |
| Genre: | Essays. |
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- 5 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Jefferson County.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County Library-Arnold | 294.3444 CHODRON (Text) | 30061010162325 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Northwest | 294.3444 CHODRON (Text) | 30051100085544 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
