Discover newfound freedom in life's ever-constant flow of endings and beginnings with the wise words of Pema Chodron, beloved Buddhist nun and bestselling author of When Things Fall Apart

As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment--the end of a breath, the end of a day, the end of a relationship, and ultimately the end of life. And accompanying each ending is a beginning, though it may be unclear what the beginning holds. In How We Live Is How We Die, Pema Chodron shares her wisdom for working with this flow of life--learning to live with ease, joy, and compassion through uncertainty, embracing new beginnings, and ultimately preparing for death with curiosity and openness rather than fear.

Poignant for readers of all ages, her teachings on the bardos--a Tibetan term referring to a state of transition, including what happens between this life and the next--reveal their power and relevance at each moment of our lives. She also offers practical methods for transforming life's most challenging emotions about change and uncertainty into a path of awakening and love. As she teaches, the more freedom we can find in our hearts and minds as we live this life, the more fearlessly we'll be able to confront death and what lies beyond. In all, Pema provides readers with a master course in living life fully and compassionately in the shadow of death and change.

How We Live Is How We Die, Pema Chodron, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 240 Pages, $21.95

Pema Chodron is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chogyam Trungpa and resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many bestselling books, including When Things Fall Apart and Welcoming the Unwelcome.

CONTENTS: How We Live Is How We Die
	Introduction	ix
1.	The Wondrous Flow of Birth and Death	1
2.	Continual Change	5
3.	Passing Memory	11
4.	How We Live Is How We Die	15
5.	When the Appearances of This Life Dissolve: The Bardo of Dying	23
6.	Mingyur Rinpoche's Story	31
7.	Mother and Child Luminosity	37
8.	What Goes Through the Bardos?	45
9.	The Two Truths	51
10.	Propensities	57
11.	Feel What You Feel	65
12.	The First Step to Courage: Refraining	73
13.	The Second Step to Courage: A Positive Take on the Kleshas	77
14.	Two Practices for Transforming the Heart	83
15.	The Third Step to Courage: Emotions as a Path to Awakening	87
16.	Five Flavors of Wisdom	91
17.	Experiencing Things as They Are: The Bardo of Dharmata	101
18.	Opening to the Sacred World	109
19.	From Openness to Concreteness: An Eternal Pattern	117
20.	Entering the Bardo of Becoming	123
21.	Heart Advice	139
22.	The Six Realms	143
23.	Choosing Our Next Birth	153
24.	Helping Others with Death and Dying	161
25.	Waking Up in the Bardo	171
	Conclusion	175
APPENDIX A--A History of the Bardo Teachings		179
APPENDIX B--Practices		181
	Basic Sitting Meditation	181
	Meditating with Open Awareness	183
	Tonglen	184
APPENDIX C--Charts		188
	Stages of Dissolution	188
	The Five Buddha Families	190
	The Six Realms of Samsara	192
Suggestions for Further Reading		193
Acknowledgments		195
Index		197
About the Author		211
Books and Selected Audio by Pema Chodron		213