The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness by Pema Chodron Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving Kindness
Book Review: On befriending the world, including oneself
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a collection of talks given during a month-long meditation retreat, by an American teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. She emphasizes the cultivation of loving-kindness toward everything, including ourselves and our busy, crazy brains.
When I picked this book up a number of years ago, the first sentence was just what I needed to hear: "There's a common misunderstanding among all the human beings who have ever been born on the earth that the best way to live is to try to avoid pain and just try to get comfortable."
(I also highly recommend "The Myth of Freedom" and "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" by Chodron's teacher, Chogyam Trungpa.)
Book Review: The Art of Accepting and Embracing Life
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on talks given during a dathun (one month practice period) in Gampo Abbey, the contents of this book "speak" to each of us about embracing life's pain rather than running away from it, and about the down-to-earth benefits of practicing lovingkindness in our every day lives, both in formal meditation and informal meditation. The latter includes all aspects of our lives, and in this series of talks, the author shows us how we can utilize our own life's experiences as the source of our wisdom and compassion. Highly recommended!Book Review: Marvelous
Summary: 5 Stars
Marvelous book. Very well written, you feel like the author was there with you, talking to you. It all sounds so truthful, like you always knew, yet how come we chose the opposite? There's no escape , unless you want to keep dying day after day. Let's wake up. It's worth it, and this book is a good start. It was for me. Probably the best I've read of all so-called "self-help" books.Book Review: A very gentle look at meditation and loving kindness
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book to be very clearly written in plain english on a topic that could easily become obscured by its own sublety. My favourite chapter is the one on precision, gentleness and letting go. The idea of hard discipline that I had previously associated with Buddhism evaporated as I read it. I really wanted to buy a 100 copies and send them to all the people I care about! I think its a great book and an excellent text for anyone learning to be gentle with themselves and others.Book Review: Lucid & Humorous Talks on Tibetan Buddhism and Life
Summary: 5 Stars
The Wisdom of No Escape was my first introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. I found it by chance at a time of my life when it had become ludicrously clear that there was NO escape from human frailty. It makes one feel much better about that fact.
Great book