Highlights (?) from six weeks with Pema. Breathing in pain (yours, theirs, ours), breathing out the lightness of staring at fear. Her humanity, warmth, and devotion to nurturing compassion is obvious. And appreciated. Although this is not a tightly integrated set of lectures and talks, the overall... ...more
I first encountered Pema Chödrön 's teachings on lojong four years ago. I've read a number of Buddhist books since then and what drew me to her writing then is also what sets it apart from other similarly themed works until this very day. Whereas many of the teac... ...more