Awakening Dignity

<b><b>A Buddhist master&#146;s guide to cultivating dignity through meditation to live a meaningful and fulfilling life.</b></b><br><br>The notion of dignity is crucial to the question of how best to live a meaningful and fulfilling life particularly for today&#146;s environment in which so many of us experience self-doubt low self-esteem and feelings of being trapped by anxiety dissatisfaction or even success. How in such a circumstance can we gain authentic and unshakeable dignity? In <i>Awakening Dignity</i> Phakchok Rinpoche draws from the Tibetan Buddhist wisdom tradition to offer a unique and fresh approach to answer this question.<br>&#160;<br>From the Buddhist perspective dignity is an inherent quality of fundamental wholeness and completeness that we all naturally possess: our true nature is pure and our heart is noble. In this guide Phakchok Rinpoche shows how knowing that we are whole and complete already&#151;and gaining trust and certainty in that understanding&#151;can counteract the common feeling that we are not enough that something is missing.<br>&#160;<br>Gaining unwavering trust in ourselves protects us from life&#146;s ups and downs. With genuine dignity we are not riddled with uncertainty anxiety or self-doubt. Rather we are able to face any circumstance with confidence clarity and compassion. Through reflections examples and simple meditations&#151;such as embracing adversity and practicing compassion&#151;<i>Awakening Dignity</i> provides all the tools necessary to fully embody our fundamental dignity.<br>