Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
Last updated October 31, 2026
By Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön organizes this guide around lojong, a set of Tibetan Buddhist mind-training slogans meant to be carried into daily life. She takes the slogans one by one and shows how each can change the way we respond to difficult people and painful feelings. At the center of the book is tonglen, a practice of breathing in others' suffering and breathing out relief, which she presents as a direct way to build compassion for ourselves and others.
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