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Pema Chödrön's Compassion Cards
Teachings for Awakening the Heart in Everyday Life
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Pema Chödrön's Compassion Cards offers 59 beautifully designed cards focusing on the classic Buddhist practice of lojong, intended for everyday inspiration and contemplation. Each card includes instructive commentaries by Pema Chödrön, making the teachings both accessible and applicable to contemporary life.
By allowing compassion and fearlessness to guide you, you can live wisely and effectively through both good times and bad. Pema Chödrön provides a powerful method to awaken these qualities by using a practice called lojong, which has been a primary focus of her teachings and personal practice for many years.
This boxed set provides all the tools needed to incorporate lojong practice into your life. It includes:
- An introduction to the practice
- Fifty-nine cards representing the full set of lojong teachings for daily inspiration and contemplation
- Practical commentary from Pema on the reverse of each card
- A card stand for easy display
- An audio download of Pema's teachings on the related practice of tonglen
These cards were previously published as part of The Compassion Box.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781611803648
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
Format: Cards
Date Published: 15 November 2016
Country: United States
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 104.0mm
Height: 147.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 60
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About the Author
PEMA CH DR N is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of renowned Tibetan meditation master Ch gyam Trungpa and resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart and Don't Bite the Hook.
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