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Description

This book is about saying yes to life in all its manifestations—embracing the potent mixture of joy, suffering, brilliance, and confusion that characterizes the human experience. Pema Chödrön shows us the profound value of our situation of "no escape" from the ups and downs of life.

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  • “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”

First Sentence

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.

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  1. Pema Chodron (Author)
 

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