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How We Live Is How We Die

By Pema Chödrön
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How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chödrön explores the natural cycles of life and death, drawing on Buddhist teachings to offer wisdom on facing fear and uncertainty. Through personal insights and practical advice, the book encourages readers to embrace change and live with compassion and mindfulness.
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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in exploring Buddhist teachings on life, death, and the transitions in between. It offers profound insights into embracing impermanence and finding peace amidst change.

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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.

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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. 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.

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Reviews highlight Pema Chödrön's warmth and clarity in How We Live Is How We Die, making it accessible to a broad audience. The book is praised as a guide for spiritual growth and philosophical musing on life's transitions. It is described as instructive and compassionate, aiming to ease fears about death and encourage spiritual renewal. It also brings ancient wisdom into the modern world, teaching the beauty of life's unpredictability.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781645472407

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 October 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

PEMA CH DR N is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Ch gyam Trungpa and resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many bestselling books, including When Things Fall Apart and Welcoming the Unwelcome.

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