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Radical Compassion

Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN

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World-renowned meditation teacher Tara Brach shares a simple four-step practice to awaken compassion and release the grip of painful emotions:

  • Recognise
  • Allow
  • Investigate
  • Nurture

Heartfelt and deeply practical, Radical Compassion teaches us to find healing and freedom through the sources of love, courage and deep wisdom alive within us all.

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"A powerful book that will free you from shame, fear, and negative self-beliefs. You will feel wiser, happier, and kinder after reading it." (Haemin Sunim)

"Radical Compassion lays out a path of straightforward, accessible practices grounded in both modern brain science and ancient wisdom...a masterpiece." (Rick Hanson)

"This book is a treasure from one of the most spiritual teachers of our time." (Kristin Neff)
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More wonderful, life soothing wisdom from Tara Brach. She is a fantastic teacher and has a lovely, calming and reassuring voice and what she says is down to earth and easy to understand... and easy to put into practice in your life. Its all about coming back to yourself as a resource/refuge as opposed to seeking comfort in transient pleasures, out there in the world. The message is very moving... I cried with relief sometimes!
She points out how we can treat ourselves badly and are our own worst critics...and that would make anyone feel bad! Here is a way out of our self defeating thoughts and habits.
Tara has a light hearted approach and also has a great sense of humour and often uses it to get the point across. Its a gentle but profound journey into healing, that she offers.
This book can work well for seasoned meditators from any system or people who have never meditated before. It has universal appeal and can be pertinent for people of any faith or none.
I've been listening to Tara Brach for many years... she has helped me be a lot more compassionate towards myself and others and I therefore feel happier and more at home in myself. I'm also learning to be more aware of the present moment being where we live and what we actually have.
Listening to this book is certainly better than reading it ,in my opinion, as you can enjoy the spoken instructions for the meditations and her calming voice.
I can't recommend this, or indeed anything from her, highly enough.

Tara Brach is Wonderful!

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Tara Brach is so calming. This book brought tears to my eyes at many points because of the honesty and universal truths that Tara taps into. Through her stories and guidance she helps soften and open the tightness and resistance to challenges in life.

This is not the type of book you read or listen to once. I think many of the chapters can be listened I over again and in different orders. I plan to listen to many of the guided reflections and meditations again.

This book will help you shift to living in a calming presence

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A beautiful book that I listen to over and over. I can’t rate it highly enough.

Life changing

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I have greatly benefited from listening to this book. It felt felt like a mini enyclopedia of mindfulness practices; particularly in the last couple of chapters. It’s rare for a book of this type, but everything resonated with me so strongly - perhaps because Tara was reading it.

Wonderful book read by the Author

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Once i have found my way to my true feelings and embodied these feelings Tara beautifully guides me through the steps to self love and self acceptance. She is relentless in her belief than this is the foundation for a calm fulfilledlife.
I am convinced!
Thank you Tara

Take care of yourself first

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