How We Live Is How We Die
How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chodron, published by Shambhala Publications on October 4, 2022, is a 240-page exploration of the interplay between endings and beginnings in life. In this work, Chodron, a respected Buddhist nun, shares insights on navigating the inevitable transitions we face, from the end of a breath to the conclusion of life itself. She emphasizes the importance of embracing these changes with curiosity and openness, rather than fear, offering a perspective that encourages living with ease, joy, and compassion.
Readers will find practical methods for transforming challenging emotions related to change and uncertainty into opportunities for awakening and love. Chodron’s teachings on the bardos—a Tibetan concept referring to transitional states—highlight their significance throughout our lives. This book addresses themes of mindfulness, self-help, and the nature of grief, providing a framework for understanding how our approach to life can influence our experience of death. Through her guidance, Pema Chodron invites readers to cultivate freedom in their hearts and minds, ultimately preparing them to confront life’s transitions with courage.
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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
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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