{"product_id":"practicing-peace-isbn-9781611806137","title":"Practicing Peace","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspiring teachings on what each of us can do to promote peace from the inside ou\u003c\/b\u003et.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan there be hope for a peaceful future in times like these? How can we overcome our sense of helplessness when problems seem so big and tensions so strong? Pema Chödrön here shows us how to look deeply at the underlying causes of these tensions and how we really \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e create a more peaceful world—by starting right where we are and learning to see the seeds of hostility in our hearts. She draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of anger, aggression, hatred, and war, and offers practical techniques all of us can use to work for genuine, lasting peace in our own lives and in whatever circumstances we find ourselves.\"A solid reinforcement on how to stop the reflexive and habitual emotional reaction to perceived hostility through patience, pausing, breathing. It's not easy, but it is simple.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In her timely new book, Pema Chödrön offers her insights on the origins of world conflict. Anger originates in our own hearts, she asserts, not on the battlefield. Only by checking our aggression on a personal level can we hope to sow the seeds of peace.\"—\u003ci\u003eBody \u0026amp; Soul\u003c\/i\u003ePema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun and one of the foremost students of Chögyam Trungpa, the renowned meditation master. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of No Escape, Start Where You Are, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Places That Scare You,\u003c\/i\u003e and she is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners.","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303926681829,"sku":"NP9781611806137","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781611806137.jpg?v=1767735038","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/practicing-peace-isbn-9781611806137","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}