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This Moment Is the Perfect Teacher: Ten Buddhist Teachings on Cultivating Inner Strength and Compassion
by
Pema Chödrön
Lojong is a powerful Tibetan Buddhist practice created especially for training the mind to work with the challenges of everyday living. It teaches our hearts to soften, reframes our attitude toward difficulty, and allows us to discover a wellspring of inner strength. In this recorded retreat, Pema Chödrön introduces the lojong teachings and explains how we can apply them t...more
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Published
April 22nd 2008
by Shambhala Audio
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I was surprised when I first started listening to this book, as it is appears to be a recording from a retreat or other speaking engagement (lower audio quality, audience interaction, etc.)-- not your typical studio-recorded audio book.
That said, I really enjoyed hearing the teachings directly from Pema Chodron. She is straight-forward, gentle and has a sense of humor about her that is engaging and lends credibility to her teachings. Each CD can be listened to as a stand-alone le...more
That said, I really enjoyed hearing the teachings directly from Pema Chodron. She is straight-forward, gentle and has a sense of humor about her that is engaging and lends credibility to her teachings. Each CD can be listened to as a stand-alone le...more
Halfway through the first CD, I understood Pain and Compassion. By the third CD I was a Buddhist. By tomorrow I'll probably forget everything, but I am glad that at least while I was listening to Pema's steady voice through her remarkably followable lecture I got it.
This was the first thing I read of Chodron's (well, listened to since it's only available as an audio book) and I was tickled by her humor and down-to-earthness. She's just lovely and makes you feel at home right away. Some of the concepts were difficult to keep track of in this format so I had to playback a lot of the material. It's not the kind of audio book you can easily listen to while navigating a busy NYC sidewalk, but it's good for when you're cooking or folding laundry. Overall I walked...more
Pema is my new companion on morning walks. Her calm voice, warmth, grace and sense of humor all help me begin each day with an open heart.
was listening to this and just couldn't concentrate good enough...might have to give the book version a try.
Not done yet "The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes. "
— Pema Chödrön
— Pema Chödrön
Not the best audio book, it breaks things up by time so it bounces around a lot. Still some really good teaches and I'm always interested in how to be a better buddha.
Any book on Buddism is a good book. This one teaches that the idea of the present moment and choosing to be in it, feel it, and not be attached to it is the best teacher. To be void of ego is nirvana in its purest sense and to be in nirvana in the "now" is I think even better, as if that were possible.
Sometimes I feel like Pema is psychic because I would start to listen to this and it would be exactly what I needed to hear at that moment. My only complaint is that the sound quality on this recording is not so hot but other than that a great talk on tonglen practice.
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Ani Pema Chödrön was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City. She attended Miss Porter's School in Connecticut and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She taught as an elementary school teacher for many years in both New Mexico and California. Pema has two children and three grandchildren.
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