Il coraggio del Buddha. Guida pratica per non cedere alla paura

I was at B&N looking for some other book when I mistakenly picked up this one so I placed it back on the shelf and thought nothing of it. The next day I went back to B&N to purchase a different book and I accidently pick this same book up AGAIN. SO I placed it back on the shelf (the top shelf) and c Leggi tutto

The most important part of this book is the last one, being in between. That is the place where I find myself over and over again. Here how Pema explains it; "We are told about the pain of chasing after pleasure and futility of running from pain. We hear about the joy of awakening, of realizing our in Leggi tutto

Authentic joy is not a euphoric state or a feeling of being high. Rather, it is a state of appreciation that allows us to participate fully in our lives. In my life, times of crisis or great change, though painful, have had the power to reawaken me. I remind myself of what is important and what i

I hate self-help books almost as much as I hate sentences that begin with I. It’s the writing, which is uniformly poor, at least I think so. Bad writing is hand-holding writing. I’m not a dog in a collar being taken for a walk on a leash. But maybe I should be. My wife gave me THE PLACES THAT SCARE Y Leggi tutto

I've always been leery of the self-help genre. I'm mistrustful of anyone who tells me how to think, feel, act. I've also seen people read self-help books like serial novels, always chasing some specter of an ideal self with the assumption that their current self is somehow inadequate or broken. The

As clear and unpretentious, as insightful and helpful, as compassionate and witty, as all of her work. Lots to consider and work on for many years to come.