Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics)

StartWhere You Areis an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening acompassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chödrön presentsdown-to-earth guidance on how we can "start where we are"—embracingrather than denying the painful aspects of our lives. Pema Chödrönframes her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine traditional TibetanBuddhist maxims, or slogans, such as: "Always apply only a joyful state ofmind," "Don't seek others' pain as the limbs of your ownhappiness," and "Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment."Workingwith these slogans and through the practice of meditation, StartWhere You Areshows how we can all develop the courage to work with our inner pain anddiscover joy, well-being, and confidence.