Perfect Just as You Are: Buddhist Practices on the Four Limitless Ones--Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity

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'Spiritual practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better', teaches Pema Chodron. 'It is', she says, 'about befriending who we are already'. When we embrace this attitude, the walls of isolation, depression, and anger begin to crumble-and in its place feelings of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity shine forth. Here are Pema Chodron's definitive teachings on the Buddhist practice called the 'Four Limitless Ones' - a practice that helps us recognize and help grow the seeds of love, compassion, joy and equanimity already present in our hearts. In this comprehensive 8-CD program, Pema leads us step-by-step through the Four Limitless Ones practice. She offers four guided meditations, entertaining anecdotes, and helpful question-and-answer sessions that allow us to bring about genuine love and joy in our lives. The course is a wonderful way for those already somewhat familiar with Pema's teaching to go deeper, but it's also a perfect for beginners - no prior knowledge of Buddhism is required.

Pema Ch dr n is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Ch gyam Trungpa. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart and Don't Bite the Hook.

"Pema Choedroen is wonderfully articulate. Her compassion makes her reflections all the more compelling."-Audiofile "As one of Pema Choedroen's grateful students, I have been learning the most pressing and necessary lesson of all: how to keep opening wider my own heart."-Alice Walker "Pema's deep experience and her fresh way of looking at things are like mountain water-clear and refreshing, as good dharma should be."-Jack Kornfield