• The Places That Scare You

  • A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
  • By: Pema Chödrön
  • Narrated by: Joanna Rotte
  • Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,282 ratings)

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The Places That Scare You

By: Pema Chödrön
Narrated by: Joanna Rotte
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We always have a choice, Pema Chödrön teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond that fear lies a state of openheartedness and tenderness. This audiobook teaches us how to awaken our basic goodness and connect with others, to accept ourselves and others complete with faults and imperfections, and to stay in the present moment by seeing through the strategies of ego that cause us to resist life as it is.

©2017 Pema Chödrön (P)2017 Random House Audio

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GREAT book

This book came to me at the right time because I was ready to not only hear but really receive the teachings. I hope for all that come across this book you open your heart and mind and just listen to this beautifully written book. I hope it benefits you as it did for me. 😊

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Mindbending steps toward Nirvana

Stunning. This will guide you to the understanding of no self. This book will lead you toward enlightenment. You will experience gut-wrenching wisdom, truth and a path to freedom from the bondage of human existence. This book has truly changed my life. I am forever grateful.

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Pema never fails with her teachings ! love this

from the bottom of my heart ❤ I continue to listen to her teachings . they truly resonate with me

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Beautiful

This book literally changed my life. I first bought it in 2003, when I was a broken, angry young man. When I read this I softened. I found love and happiness, things I figured were simply fairytales. Now as I approach 40 I am something I never thought I’d be. A happy man. And it all started with The Places That Scare You.
Do yourself a favour and listen to this. Remember Buddhism is a philosophy not a religion. I know many people who follow the path of the Buddha from many (and very different) religions.

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Purity of Thought Simplicity of Wisdom

i would like a guide to keep track of all the Buddhist terms and teachings.

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Not a Buddhist nor fear based, I still learned so much

So many tools to see life and humans from another perspective. A higher way to act, live, and be. Thank you 🙏

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Fortified to face this moment

My life coach Rev Rowena Silvera Beck recommended this book. It was a wonderful lesson in living in the present and knowing that whatever life brings our way, we are prepared for it.

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wonderful to listen to

finished in one day. even after I was done with driving. such good mind training.

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Great contemplation on compassion

Pema Chodron is a fantastic writer and the book is very well suited for driving about life contemplating compassion. Excellent focus on being un-grounded and un learning what we believe to be concrete.

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Not up to her standard

The writing, especially in the first two chapters is almost incoherent. The description of Bodhichita is disjointed and unclear. The later text is clearer, but loses its effectiveness without the personal and humorous speech quality of Pema. Very disappointing.

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