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    It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path
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    It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

    Written by Dzigar Kongtrul

    Narrated by Pema Chodron

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    About this audiobook

    On the spiritual path we speak of enlightenment. But how do we reconcile the idea of enlightenment with what we see when we look in the mirror—when insecurities, doubts, and self-centered tendencies arise in our minds? Dzigar Kongtrül suggests that we need not feel "doomed" when these experiences surface. In fact, such experiences are not a problem if we are able to simply let them arise without judging them or investing them with so much meaning. This approach to experience is what Kongtrül calls self-reflection.

    Self-reflection is a practice, a path, and an attitude. It is the spirit of taking an interest in that which we usually try to push away. When we practice self-reflection we take liberation into our own hands and accept the challenge and personal empowerment in Kongtrül's title: it's up to you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 6, 2018
    ISBN9780525591917
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      To say it is life changing is a severe understatement. Loved it and living it every day.
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      For some reasons I do not understand at first it didn’t take me in but by the end I was sorry it was over. I felt better just to listen to it. I’m reading it one more time, starting now!
      Second time around had the same impression, the beginning is difficult to me (especially all the naming and long list of the “saints”) but it’s worth sticking to it.