When Things Fall Apart – Pema Chodron

When Things Fall Apart – Heart Advice for Difficult Times – Pema Chodron
Stanje proizvoda: vrlo dobro.

https://antikvarijatstaklenigrad.hr/when-things-fall-apart-pema-chodron/

Format 15 × 21 cm
Autor Pema Chodron
Izdavač Thorsons
Mjesto izdanja London
Godina 2008
Broj stranica 208
Uvez Meki



Introduction to When Things Fall Apart:

In 1995 I took a sabbatical. For twelve months I essentially did nothing. It was the most spiritually inspiring time of my life. Pretty much all I did was relax. I read and hiked and slept. I cooked and ate, meditated and wrote. I had no schedule, no agenda, and no “shoulds.” A lot got digested during this completely open, uncharted time. For one thing, I began to read slowly through two cardboard boxes of very raw, unedited transcriptions of talks I had given from 1987 to 1994.

Unlike the dathun talks that make up The Wisdom of No Escape and the lojong teachings that make up Start Where You Are, these talks seemed to have no unifying thread. Now and then I would look at a few transcripts. I found them everything from pedantic to delightful. It was both interesting and embarrassing to be faced with such a profusion of my own words. Gradually, as I read more, I began to see that in some way, no matter what subject I had chosen, what country I was in, or what year it was, I had taught endlessly about the same things: the great need for maitri (loving-kindness toward oneself), and developing from that the awakening of a fearlessly compassionate attitude toward our own pain and that of others…




Ostale naslove iz naše ponude pregledajte na: www.antikvarijatstaklenigrad.hr