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Holistic Guidance - True Happiness
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List Price: $19.95
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Manufacturer: Sounds True, Incorporated
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.3444
EAN: 9781591795391
Format: Abridged
ISBN: 1591795397
Label: Sounds True, Incorporated
Manufacturer: Sounds True, Incorporated
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
Studio: Sounds True, Incorporated
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Editorial Reviews:
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Happiness is your birthright—and it is readily available at any given moment, teaches Pema Chödrön. So why do we live in such suffering? "The potential for happiness is not based on outer things—they come and go, causing us misery," she begins. "We’re always chasing after something, trying to avoid the difficult places. But there are a lot of small sweetnesses that we ignore because they’re so fleeting." On True Happiness, Pema Chödrön guides us through simple yet effective practices that show us how to recognize and nurture these moments of delight, cultivating them until they become more and more frequent, accessible, and real as a constant influence in our lives. Recorded at Gampo Abbey Monastery in Nova Scotia, True Happiness features highlights from Sounds True’s full-length audio learning course of the same title, and gives us the opportunity to spend time with Pema Chödrön in the warmth and comfort of home. Join this best-selling author and beloved teacher for classical meditations and practices to dissolve the barriers to your heart, reconnect with the source of basic goodness, and cultivate a sense of happiness—by learning to touch upon natural "windows" of spaciousness that open as conduits to freedom.
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Summary: I was disappointed
Comment: I thought this would be something I would listen to often, but once was enough.
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Summary: True Happiness
Comment: Liked it a lot, but was more impressed with Getting Unstuck by the same author.
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Summary: very very good!!
Comment: I had not listened to Pema speak until I bought Getting Unstuck and True Happiness...Found them both to be very uplifting and just great. She uses real life examples and is easy to understand to relate to. Great.
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Summary: Good refresher,;complements "No Time to Lose"
Comment: This 2 CD set (CD1 runs 1:19 in 11 Tracks/CD2 runs 1:08 in 7 Tracks) complements Pema's "No Time to Lose" commentary on Shantideva's classic on Bodhisattvas including a guided meditation on sharing happiness & the root of happiness at the very end. She begins (similar to her "Practicing Peace in Times of War") by addressing obstructions to happiness--our dysfunctional techniques to achieve it which actually cause unhappiness--"Moths are us," seeking the flame they destroy themselves. She proposes we develop "the courage to be happy" by facing our compulsions, habits, & addictions, using Buddhist precepts (a chart is included) to detox ourselves. Otherwise, our self-protective ego is a "walking target" (i.e. "offended waiting to happen"). "You need to acknowledge boundaries before you can dissolve them" (i.e. recognizing the problem is ½ the solution). We can avoid being irritable & miserable by developing virtue--as means not ends. She provides examples & exercises to accomplish this--e.g. reviewing our possessions to see which ones we are loath to give away & mentally giving away 100's of them. This parallels the standard Buddhist practice of "dedicating the merit" which Pema says connects us with the world--choosing freedom over a "poverty mentality."
This set is a lovely introduction to Pema's Western approach to Tibetan Buddhism (with references to Nagarjuna, Shantideva, & Longchenpa)--especially recommended to those relatively unfamiliar with Pema's works. For those immersed in her works, it can serve as a refresher with a few additional insights & exercises--but not a great deal of new material. But, perhaps the greatest value in her audio & video recordings is the experience of "being with" Pema--the emotional or feeling value often equals or exceeds the intellectual or thinking value.
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Summary: True Happiness Pema Chodron
Comment: Good life lessons from a Buddist Nun. Soothing and Helpful, people for all walks of life can certainly benefit from listening to this retreat. I have not ever been disappointed by listening to Pema Chodron.
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