Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Chödrön presents down-to-earth guidance on how we can "start where we are" — embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives. Chödrön frames her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist maxims, or slogans, such as: "Always apply only a joyful state of mind." Working with these slogans and through the practice of meditation, this book shows how we can all develop the courage to work with our inner pain and discover joy, well-being, and confidence.
