Eight Slogans to Transform Your Mind
American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön outlines a daily practice to help you work through difficult moments and put you on the path to awakening.
Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun and best-selling author. She is a founding member and resident teacher at Gampo Abbey, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America established for Westerners. She was one of the first American women to be fully ordained as a bhiksuni and is one of the most beloved and influential spiritual teachers in the West.
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Meditating with Emotions
Drop the story and find the feeling.
TeachingsMagazine | Special Section
The In-between State
Pema Chödrön points to the perfect training ground for the spiritual warrior—anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness.
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Not Preferring Samsara or Nirvana
On the power of ritual and holding both the sadness of the human condition and the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun
Using Disappointment
In her commentary to Chögyam Trungpa’s The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation, Pema Chödrön describes dashed expectations as ego’s antidote.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
What Goes Through the Bardos?
Pema Chödrön on dualistic consciousness, non-self, and everything in between
Nothing to (Im)prove
Meditation isn’t about becoming a better person, but befriending who we already are, says Pema Chödrön.
Magazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
On Not Losing Heart
When we’re tempted to give up, a simple shift in perspective can remind us that everything we do matters.
Depression and the Tender Heart
Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön interviews Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche about cultivating an open and compassionate outlook.
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