Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
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Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion

Paperback – April 8, 2008

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Price
$11.70
Format
Paperback
Pages
224
Publisher
Shambhala
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1590305553
Dimensions
6.75 x 0.75 x 4.25 inches
Weight
4 ounces

Description

"Gently, conversationally, and with humor, Comfortable with Uncertainty offers strategies for seeing and thinking differently. For many people the approach is nothing less than transformational."— Boston Globe "Chödrön’s radical words of wisdom unlock doors and shine warm light into the darkness of human cynicism and despair."— Utne Reader "Chödrön's voice is gently humorous, always kind, and seemingly infinitely wise."— L.A. Times Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. She is 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 .

Features & Highlights

  • This book by the renowned American Buddhist nun offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness amid the challenges of daily living.
  • Comfortable with Uncertainty
  • does not assume prior knowledge of Buddhist thought or practice, making it a perfect introduction to Pema Chödrön's teaching on lovingkindness, meditation, mindfulness, "nowness," letting go, and working with fear and other painful emotions. More than a collection of thoughts for the day,
  • Comfortable with Uncertainty
  • offers a progressive program of spiritual study, leading the reader through essential concepts, themes, and practices on the Buddhist path.

Customer Reviews

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I needed to have a copy to underline, read and reread. The thoughts are quite deep and require review. I also listen to the tapes of this book. I like that it has 1-2 page nuggets of wisdom to just chew a morsel at a time. Even the chapter titles are something to ponder and review.
It's my first Pema but leaves me wanting to go further. It offers do-able tidbits to try out in my daily routine. You don't have to carve out an hour to sit on a cushion.
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Five Stars

Read from this every day.
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Inspirational book by a favorite author.

This book is good to have at my bedside.
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Do yourself a solid, and avail yourself of this woman's wisdom.

Same as my review for the Pocket Pema Chodron - A friend recommended Pema Chodron's writings to me because she says that some of the things I say sounded like her. (Which is a HUGE compliment to me. I can't claim much in the way of wisdom, but I freely share what I've learned from AA. Reading Pema makes me wonder if Bill and Bob might not have had a Buddhist pal. There's definitely some common ground there.

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