Don't Believe Everything You Think by Thubten Chodron

Don't Believe Everything You Think by Thubten Chodron

It can be hard for those of us living in the twenty-first century to see how fourteenth-century Buddhist teachings still apply. When you're trying to figure out which cell phone plan to buy or brooding about something someone wrote about you on Facebook, lines like "While the enemy of your own anger is unsubdued, though you conquer external foes, they will only increase" can seem a little obscure.

Thubten Chodron's illuminating explication of Togmay Zangpo's revered text, The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas, doesn't just explain its profound meaning; in dozens of passages she lets her students and colleagues share first-person stories of the ways that its teachings have changed their lives. Some bear witness to dramatic transformations--making friends with an enemy prisoner-of-war, finding peace after the murder of a loved one--while others tell of smaller lessons, like waiting for something to happen or coping with a minor injury.

Thubten Chodron, a Tibetan Buddhist nun born in the United States, travels the world teaching and directing meditation retreats. She is the author of Buddhism for Beginners, Dealing with Anger, How to Liberate Your Mind, Open Heart, Clear Mind, and Controlling the Mind, and is known for her straightforward and practical interpretations of the Buddha's teachings. She is a resident of Seattle, Washington.

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ISBN 13	9781559393966
ISBN 10	1559393963
Title	Don't Believe Everything You Think
Author	Thubten Chodron
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Shambhala Publications Inc
Year published	2013-01-08
Number of pages	256
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