The release date for the English version of 'Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living' by
Pema Chödrön is Aug 2001. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
An essential guide for developing courage and reawakening compassion is Start Where You Are. Pema Chödrön offers practical advice on how we might "start where we are"—embracing rather than ignoring the difficult parts of our lives—with wisdom and humor. The fifty-nine classic Tibetan Buddhist maxims, or slogans, that Pema Chödrön uses to frame her teachings on compassion include: "Always apply only a joyful state of mind," "Don't seek others' pain as the limbs of your own happiness," and "Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment."
Start Where You Are illustrates, using these catchphrases and meditation techniques, how each of us may find the courage to face our inner suffering and find happiness, confidence, and well-being.