Giving Our Best, Pema Chodron
Giving Our Best, Pema Chodron
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Giving Our Best
A Retreat with Pema Chödrön on Practicing the Way of the Bodhisattva

Author: Pema Chödrön

Series: Shambhala

Narrator: Pema Chödrön

Unabridged: 3 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/26/2017


Synopsis

The best-selling author and beloved Buddhist teacher shares her insights on the practice of compassion and enlightened mind (bodhichitta).

COMPASSION IS A SKILL. It’s not a special trait that we either have or don’t, but a practice that we can all nurture in our daily lives. And the benefits are vast. It liberates our hearts from a narrow sense of self, expands our sense of well-being, and so much more. Of course, it’s not always easy. But when we learn to work with our adversities and fears, whatever it is that might be keeping us stuck, then we find that we gradually and naturally become more open, joyful, and free. And it is this very freedom that enlivens us and allows us to become truly available to the people around us.
In this recorded retreat, Pema Chödrön reveals all the essentials for practicing compassion in our everyday lives, using a text that is very close to her heart: the Buddhist classic known as The Way of the Bodhisattva. Here she focuses on its first chapter and primary subject, the enlightened heart and mind (bodhichitta), showing us how this awakened state is available to us here and now, right where we are.

About The Author

Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is currently a student of the Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart and Don't Bite the Hook.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on July 25, 2015

Gold. Whatever that text was (I am being flip -- but I really don't know which one it was) that guided this lecture was just right. It allowed for discussion of how to Be in specific as well as general ways. Another big fat solid vitamin. Pema's approach is gentle, light, and steady. Weird: you feel......more

Goodreads review by Yama on February 17, 2020

Pema is loving and caring. It is apparent from her works. She has the ability to always soften something in me. She sees and teaches with love and kindness which makes it possible to employ a kind perspective of life.......more

Goodreads review by Mara on June 13, 2018

I enjoyed many of the teachings in this workshop, and did struggle with some of the context and language not being Buddhist. Chödrön is easy to listen to and her sense of humor brings a lightness to the session.......more

Goodreads review by Laura on May 06, 2018

Pema Chodron such a wonderful way about her. I love both her wisdom and her humor as well as her very accessible way of explaining Buddhism.......more

Goodreads review by Tina on October 20, 2021

Helpful, thorough, and (where appropriate) very funny.......more