Pema Ch�dr�n nos ense�a que siempre tenemos la oportunidad de elegir: podemos permitir que las circunstancias de nuestras vidas nos endurezcan y nos hagan cada vez m�s resentidos y temerosos, o podemos dejar que nos ablanden y nos hagan m�s benevolentes. Aqu� Pema nos da las herramientas para lidiar con los problemas y dificultades que la vida nos depara. Ella nos ense�a que esta sabidur�a siempre est� a nuestra disposici�n, pero generalmente la bloqueamos con patrones habituales arraigados en el temor. M�s all� de este temor, yace un estado de generosidad y ternura.

Este libro nos ense�a a despertar nuestra bondad fundamental y a conectarnos con otros, a aceptarnos nosotros mismos y a los dem�s �ntegramente, con fallas e imperfecciones, y a mantenernos en el momento presente al advertir las estrategias del ego que provocan que nos resistamos a aceptar la vida tal como �sta es.

Originally Published in English as ""The Places That Scare You"

We always have a choice, Pema Ch�dr�n teaches: we can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond that fear lies a state of openheartedness and tenderness.

This book teaches us how to awaken our basic goodness and connect with others, to accept ourselves and others complete with faults and imperfections, and to stay in the present moment by seeing through the strategies of ego that cause us to resist life as it is.

Los lugares que te asustan: Convertir el miedo en fortaleza en tiempos dificiles, Pema Chodron, Shambhala Espanol, Paperback, 192 pages, 2015, $14.95

Contents: THE PLACES THAT SCARE YOU: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
Acknowledgments ix
Prologue 1
1. The Excellence of Bodhichitta 3
2. Tapping into the Spring 9
3. The Facts of Life 17
4. Learning to Stay 23
5. Warrior Slogans 31
6. Four Limitless Qualities 37
7. Loving-Kindness 41
8. Compassion 49
9. Tonglen 55
10. Finding the Ability to Rejoice 61
11. Enhancing the Training in Joy 67
12. Thinking Bigger 69
13. Meeting the Enemy 75
14. Fresh Start 81
15. Strength 83
16. Three Kinds of Laziness 89
17. Bodhisattva Activity 93
18. Groundlessness 99
19. Heightened Neurosis 105
20. When the Going Gets Rough 109
21. The Spiritual Friend 113
22. The In-Between State 119
Concluding Aspiration 123
APPENDIX: PRACTICES
The Mind-Training Slogans of Atisha 125
The Four Limitless Ones Chant 129
Loving-Kindness Practice 130
Compassion Practice 131
The Three-Step Aspiration 132
Bibliography 133
Resources 137