Compassionate practice for uncertainty, grief, reactivity, and interdependence. Pema Chödrön and the Dalai Lama anchor a shelf where insight is valuable insofar as it can be rehearsed.
The recorded ratings average 7.5/10, with 1 perfect ten. Recurring authors include Dalai Lama, Pema Chödrön, Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Start Where You Are
About the bookPema Chödrön offers a practical guide to cultivating compassion and fearlessness by working directly with the difficult aspects of daily life. Rather than seeking escape from pain, the…
9/10Meaning : BuddhismWhen Things Fall Apart
About the bookPema Chödrön, a Tibetan Buddhist nun, offers a series of short, accessible meditations on the nature of suffering and the path to inner peace. Rather than providing a step-by-step manua…
8/10Meaning : BuddhismThe Compassion Book
About the bookThis volume presents the fifty-nine lojong slogans, a classic Tibetan Buddhist practice for cultivating compassion, alongside Pema Chödrön’s accessible commentary. Rather than a dense a…
8/10Meaning : BuddhismThe Universe in a Single Atom
About the bookIn this accessible synthesis, the Dalai Lama draws on decades of dialogue with leading physicists, neuroscientists, and philosophers to argue that a complete understanding of reality re…
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| Being Peace | Thich Nhat Hanh | 1987 | 7 | Read | → |
| How to Fight | Thich Nhat Hanh | 2017 | 6 | Read | → |
| How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life | Dalai Lama XIV | 2002 | 7 | Read | → |
| Live in a Better Way | Dalai Lama | 2001 | 7 | Read | → |
| Seeing That Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising | Rob Burbea | 2014 | — | Partly read | → |
| Start Where You Are | Pema Chödrön | 1994 | 10 | Read | → |
| The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World | Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams | 2016 | 7 | Read | → |
| The Compassion Book | Pema Chödrön | 2017 | 8 | Read | → |
| The Universe in a Single Atom | Dalai Lama | 2005 | 8 | Read | → |
| The Way of Zen | Alan Watts | 1957 | 6 | Read | → |
| When Things Fall Apart | Pema Chödrön | 1996 | 9 | Read | → |
