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Pema Chodron was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City. She taught as an elementary school teacher for many years in both New Mexico and California. While in her mid-thirties, Pema traveled to the French Alps and encountered Lama Chime Rinpoche, with whom she studied for several years. She became a novice nun in 1974 while studying with Lama Chime in London.

Pema first met her root guru, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, (the "Vidyadhara") in 1972. Lama Chime encouraged her to work with Rinpoche, and it was with him that she ultimately made her most profound connection, studying with him from 1974 until his death in 1987. At the request of His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa, she received the full bikshuni ordination in the Chinese lineage of Buddhism in 1981 in Hong Kong.

Pema served as the director of Karma Dzong in Boulder, Colorado until moving in 1984 to rural Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to be the director of Gampo Abbey. The success of her first two books, The Wisdom of No Escape and Start Where You Are, made her something of a celebrity as a woman Buddhist teacher and as a specialist in the Mahayana Buddhist teachings.

Pema Chodron is interested in helping establish Tibetan Buddhist monasticism in the West, as well in continuing her work with Western Buddhists of all traditions, sharing ideas and teachings. She has written over a dozen books including The Wisdom of No Escape, Start Where You Are, When Things Fall Apart, and The Places That Scare You, which are available to download from LearnOutLoud.com and published by Shambhala Publications. She has also recorded dozens of audio programs of her live teachings many of which you can find here.

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The Chronicles is a repository of teachings, articles, interviews, news and podcasts pertaining to the life and teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

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As a child, did you ever sit under a favorite tree, immersed in the wonder of a single, precious leaf? As our days grow more complex, teaches Pema Chodron, these vibrant and wholehearted moments may begin to elude even seasoned meditators.

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We live in difficult times. Life so often seems like a turbulent river threatening to drown us and destroy our world. Why...

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How can human suffering become good medicine? Through tonglen: the ancient Tibetan meditation that transforms pain into compassion on the medium of your own breath.

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Happiness is your birthright - and it is readily available at any given moment, teaches Pema Chodron

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Pain, loss, shame, sadness - suffering is an unavoidable part of being human.

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What if the full sense of our aliveness were only to be found amidst our most challenging times and difficult experiences? In pain and crisis, teaches Pema Chödrön, there lies a hidden doorway to freedom that appears to us only when we're sure that there is no way out.

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Discover the Buddha's six keys to greater ease, compassion, and fulfillment.

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We reinforce addictions by giving into them, but what is there to do when we get that "itchy" feeling? Learning to Stay Present shares insights for peacefully refraining from the "urge to scratch.

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American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chodron shares the gift of tonglen, a powerful breath-based meditation practice for transmuting the suffering within ourselves and in those around us into the energy of compassionate awareness.

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