Author: Chodron, Pema

In this recorded weekend retreat, the best-selling Buddhist teacher reveals how to find real happiness amid life's inevitable shocks, losses, and frustrations. The secret is to investigate these experiences with an open heart instead of avoiding or reacting to them. Only when we courageously face painful experiences head-on can we escape the "hooks"of anger, blame, and other habitual responses that cause suffering for ourselves and others. A 24-page booklet reinforces the talk with verses from the classic text The Way of the Bodhisattva. June.