Pema Chodron

Pema Chodron: The Shambhala Sun offers the best selection of her teachings available on the web. Pema Chodron is one of the most prominent women teachers of Buddhism. She is resident director at Gampo Abbey monastery in Nova Scotia and the author of several books, including The Wisdom of No Escape, When Things Fall Apart, The Places That Scare You, and No Time to Lose, a commentary on the classic text, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life.

Choosing Peace
There is a key moment, says Pema Chodron, when we make the choice between peace and conflict. In this new teaching from her program Practicing Peace in Times of War, she describes the practice we can do at that very moment to bring peace for ourselves, for others, and for the world.

Let's Be Honest
Pema Chodron and Dzigar Kongtrül—a student and her teacher—talk straight about honesty, self-deception, and why the difference is the key to the dharma.

Everybody Loves Something
Bodhicitta is our means to tap into the awakened energy of compassion, says Pema Chodron. "Love and compassion are like the weak spots in the walls of ego. If we connect with even one moment of the good heart of bodhicitta and cherish it, our ability to open will gradually expand."

Holding Your Seat When The Going Gets Rough
Pema Chodron says the most straightforward advice on how to discover your true nature is this: practice not causing harm to anyone neither yourself nor others and every day, do what you can to help.

To Know Yourself is to Forget Yourself
"We might think that knowing ourselves is a very ego-centered thing, says Pema Chodron, but by beginning to look clearly and honestly at ourselves, we begin to dissolve the walls that separate us from others."

Looking into Laziness
Rather than feeling discouraged by laziness, we could get to know laziness profoundly. This very moment of laziness becomes our personal teacher, suggests Pema Chodron.

Six Kinds of Loneliness
To be without a reference point is the ultimate loneliness. It is also called enlightenment.

Stay with the Soft Spot
Pema Chodron on how to awaken bodhichitta—enlightened heart and mind—the essence of all Buddhist practice.

A Bodhicitta Practice
Pema Chodron offers a method for generating love and compassion for all human beings.

The Answer to Anger & Aggression is Patience
We can suppress anger and aggression or act it out, either way making things worse for ourselves and others. Or we can practice patience: wait, experience the anger and investigate its nature. Pema Chodron takes us step by step through this powerful practice.


More Related Articles:

• Turn Your Thinking Upside Down, by Pema Chodron
• Cultivating Openness When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron and bell hooks
• The Threefold Purity, by Pema Chodron
• Good Medicine for This World, by Pema Chodron and Alice Walker
• Signs of Spiritual Progress, by Pema Chodron
• It Starts with Uncertainty, by Pema Chodron and Margaret Wheatley
• Buddhist Meditation is Relaxing with the Truth, by Pema Chodron
• The Key to Knowing Ourselves is Meditation, by Pema Chodron
• How We Get Hooked and How We Get Unhooked, by Pema Chodron
• Lojong: How to Awaken Your Heart, by Pema Chodron
• Three Methods for Working with Chaos, by Pema Chodron


Links:

• Shambhala
• Gampo Abbey
• The Pema Chodron Foundation


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