12 Best self help books like How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chodron

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How We Live Is How We Die

By: Pema Chodron

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a…

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1. Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

By: Pema Chödrön

4.25

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Is it possible to live well when the very ground we stand on is shaky? Yes, says everyone's favorit… read more

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"Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news."

-Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

"If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn't inherent in the place but in your st…"

-Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

"We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can't relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfix…"

-Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

"When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into its dynamic quality…"

-Pema Chödrön, Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change

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2. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

By: Pema Chödrön

4.28

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more

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"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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3. No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.25

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, T… read more

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"Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"The most effective way to show compassion to another is to listen, rather than talk."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tende…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

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4. The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice

By: Thich Nhat Hanh , Larry Dossey , Rachel Neumann

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In order to understand why people pray, The Energy of Prayerexamines the applications and effective… read more

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5. Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment

By: Pema Chödrön

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Audio CD

Return to the Inner Flow and Freedom of Unconditional Friendliness Have you ever found yourself th… read more

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6. The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World

By: Pema Chödrön

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's true, as they say, that we can only love others when we first love ourselves and we can only e… read more

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7. How to Meditate with Pema Chodron: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind

By: Pema Chödrön

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Audio CD

***How to Meditate Has Been Named One of Library Journal s Best Books of 2013*** Pema Chodron is tr… read more

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8. Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality

By: Pema Chödrön

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Audio CD

Have you ever had an itch and not scratched it? In the Buddhist tradition, this points to a vast pa… read more

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9. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

By: Pema Chödrön

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

We always have a choice, Pema Chodron teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us … read more

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10. Bodhisattva Mind: Teachings to Cultivate Courage and Awareness in the Midst of Suffering

By: Pema Chödrön

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Audio CD

A bodhisattva is one who seeks liberation from suffering not only for themselves, but for all being… read more

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11. Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

By: Pema Chödrön

4.01

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Start Where You Are is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compa… read more

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12. Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

By: Joan Halifax , Ira Byock

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this long-awaited book of inspiring and practical teachings, Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax offer… read more

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13. The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully

By: None

3.20

Format: 192 pages,

Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of ev… read more

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

By: Pema Chödrön , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book offers short, stand-alone readings designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness… read more

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15. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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16. How We Live Is How We Die

By: Pema Chodron

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a… read more

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17. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

By: Alua Arthur

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead b… read more

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18. In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

By: Yongey Mingyur

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

At thirty-six years old, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche was a rising star within his generation of Tibetan… read more

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"Actually, everything is in-between."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"No separate me loved the world. The world was love. My perfect home. Vast and intimate. Every particle was alive with love, fluid, flowing, without barriers."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"To approach the finality of our bodies while paying no attention to the mini-deaths of daily life is like confusing diamonds with pebbles and throwing them away."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

"It [mind of absolute reality] is everywhere and nowhere. It’s somewhat like sky—so completely integrated with our existence that we never stop to question its reality or to recognize its qualities."

-Yongey Mingyur, In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

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19. Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

By: Pema Chödrön

4.36

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

In her first new book of spiritual teachings in many years, Pema Chödrön offers new wisdom, heartfe… read more

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"When we stop seeking the familiarity of samsara, when we stop fighting the groundlessness of freedom from imputed meaning, emptiness becomes an experience of awe, of the infinite, of limitless pace."

-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

"Status quo is not very helpful for spiritual growth, for using this short interval between birth and death. On the other hand, expanding our ability to feel comfortable in our own skin and in the wor…"

-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

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20. Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom

By: Sharon Salzberg

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Merging the insights of inspiring voices with her own understanding of mindfulness, New York Times … read more

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21. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World

By: Prentis Hemphill

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more

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9 Top audiobook books like How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chodron

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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment

Pema Chödrön

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Somehow: Thoughts on Love

Anne Lamott

3.95

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How We Live Is How We Die

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Transform Your Habits

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Library)

Sharon Salzberg , Jon Kabat-Zinn

4.20

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Being Peace (Being Peace, #1)

Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler

3.66

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The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World

Pema Chödrön

5.00

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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

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4.15

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