The Wisdom of No Escape

By Pema Chödrön,

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Massmarket edition of this spiritual guide to making the most of life, through bad times as well as good, from bestselling author Pema Choedroen. This accessible book has been on the US bestseller lists consistently for four years now.

In The Wisdom of No Escape, bestselling author Pema Choedroen shows…

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This book will also draw you to read it more than once, as it did for me. Pema Chödrön continues the tradition of Trungpa, author of Shambhala, as he was her teacher. From the first sentence of the book, Chödrön reveals the mistake we habitually make as we invest our energy in trying to get comfortable. Each time I return to this book, I discover that it helps me to hold whatever difficulty I’m having a bit more lightly, and to find more humor in my everyday trials and habitual pettiness. This book shows us that on the other…

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