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What would happen if we looked with fresh eyes at the struggles and "impossible situations" that we face every day - and found there four gifts that changed everything? For decades, Pema Chödrön has brought clarity and heart to the core teachings of the Buddha, helping to make them relevant and useful in our everyday lives. With The Truth of Our Existence, she immerses us in one of Buddhism’s essential distillations of written wisdom known as The Four Marks of Existence.

With war and violence flaring all over the world, many of us are left feeling vulnerable and utterly helpless. In this book Pema Chödrön draws on Buddhist teachings to explore the origins of aggression, hatred, and war, explaining that they lie nowhere but within our own hearts and minds. She goes on to explain that the way in which we as individuals respond to challenges in our everyday lives can either perpetuate a culture of violence or create a new culture of compassion.

Pain, loss, shame, sadness - suffering is an unavoidable part of being human. The practice of tonglen offers us a way to transform our relationship with suffering - our own and that which is all around us. In The Courage to Love the World, beloved teacher Pema Chödrön shares insightful and heartfelt stories about tonglen, along with direct instruction and guided practice. 

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 Chödrön, these vibrant and wholehearted moments may begin to elude even seasoned meditators. But it doesn't have to be that way. Buddhism’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness lead us on a journey back to the unabashed presence and delight of the “Child Mind” that lies within all of us.

Two of the world's most beloved spiritual teachers and leading figures in the Shambhala tradition of Buddhism discuss the core principles and practices of the tradition and how personal meditation practice can forge an enlightened society. Best-selling authors Pema Chödrön and Sakyong Mipham get to the heart of Shambhala practice in this recorded retreat on the ways that inner peace and bravery can help us cultivate compassionate action and positive societal change.

Of the many Eastern wisdom teachings to have found their way westward, the notion of karma may be the most misunderstood - and most transformative. American-born teacher Pema Chödrön is renowned for making the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism accessible, practical, and relevant for Westerners from all walks of life. But to bring us an understanding of the fundamental concept of karma, Ani Pema called on one of her own guides.

In The Meditation Summit: Volume II, Sounds True publisher and founder Tami Simon speaks with 10 leading meditation teachers about their personal understanding of this practice - each with a complete guided meditation. Practitioners of all levels will benefit from the abundance of insight and guidance provided by these diverse voices.

For thirteen hundred years, Tibetans have been practicing shamtha/vipashyana (peaceful dwelling/insight): a profound form of meditation that illuminates and purifies the obstacles to spiritual realization. Tibetan Buddhists today regard shamatha/vipashyana as both the fundamental and the most advanced spiritual practice of all.

In True Happiness, Pema Chödrön guides us through simple yet effective practices that show us how to recognize and nurture these moments of delight, cultivating them until they become more and more frequent, accessible, and real. Recorded at Gampo Abbey Monastery in Nova Scotia, True Happiness features highlights from Sounds True's full-length audio learning course of the same title and gives you the opportunity to absorb the teachings of Pema Chödrön at your own pace.

Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker in Conversation reveals the revolutionary power of tonglen through a dialogue between two hearts and minds forged in very different cultures - and yet deeply joined in the simple practice of compassion.Take a front-row seat as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and American-born Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön reflect on anger, joy, fear, and the union of spirituality and social activism.

Within the wisdom teachings of Buddhism, there are many stories that refer to its founds as the "Supreme Physiciam"- a healer of all illness- mental, physical, and spiritual. The Buddha understood suffering and its antidote. His prescription and philosophy for right living led directly to a Tibetan meditation practice that is today the medicine our hearts have been searching for.

Un livre simple et profondément positif pour surmonter les doutes et les crises. Pema Chödrön, mère de famille américaine devenue moniale bouddhiste, dirige depuis 1986 l'abbaye de Gampo, monastère bouddhiste en Nouvelle-Écosse. Elle a suivi les enseignements du maître tibétain Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoché et écrit divers ouvrages sur la spiritualité. Il faut savoir saisir toutes les opportunités qui s'offrent à nous, y compris lors des aléas de la vie. Pema Chödrön éclaire nos états émotionnels fluctuants qui sont autant d'occasions d'adopter une attitude nouvelle.

Des outils pratiques pour cultiver "Le courage au cœur tendre". Pour la plupart d'entre nous, la confiance est quelque chose qui va et qui vient. Et si cela devenait une force constante nourrissant nos vies ? Dans "Confiance inconditionnelle", Pema Chödrön partage une méthode en trois étapes pour nous aider à travailler avec la peur et l'incertitude. Pema nous enseigne que "les racines de la vraie confiance se nourrissent de notre capacité à vivre une amitié inconditionnelle avec nous-même, à nous entraîner à la douceur, et à nous fier à notre intelligence naturelle pour nous frayer un chemin à travers la vie."

Apprendre à puiser la force à même la peur et la souffrance. Où chercher de l'aide quand la peur nous assaille ? Où trouver de la force ? À quoi pouvons-nous nous fier ? Le bouddhisme tibétain enseigne l'existence de quatre nobles aspirations, ou quatre grandes qualités de l'éveil, qui permettent de cultiver la force et l'ouverture, quelles que soient les circonstances.

Podemos permitir que as circunstâncias da vida nos endureçam, deixando-nos cada vez mais cheios de medos e ressentimentos, ou podemos nos tornar mais abertos em relação ao que nos assusta. Nós sempre temos escolha. Na maioria das vezes, tentamos nos proteger através da raiva, do ciúme, da inveja, da arrogância e do orgulho, mas não conseguimos vencer a incerteza e o medo com essas barreiras. Temos que aprender a nos relacionar com o desconforto usando outras ferramentas, como a bondade e a compaixão.

Um guia para transformar as dores e as dificuldades da vida em oportunidades para desenvolver a alegria genuína e o crescimento pessoal.

Esta coletânea reúne alguns dos ensinamentos mais memoráveis e poderosos de Pema Chödrön, que tem o impressionante dom de expressar os conceitos budistas em termos simples, que ressoam na vida e na experiência de todos nós. Sua escrita vai além de fronteiras religiosas, alcançando leitores de muitas fés e origens. Sua imensa popularidade parece ligada ao fato de ela não se apresentar como um ser iluminado, mas como uma pessoa comum que fala abertamente sobre suas lutas e limitações.

Muitas vezes esquecemos que a incerteza é tudo o que temos. Em nossa busca por controlar o incontrolável, deixamos de lado o imponderável, que é parte da aventura–e também a causa do medo que nos invade. Isso nos impede de aprender a crescer. Neste audiolivro, Pema Chödrön nos mostra que é possível treinar para nos relacionarmos com o desconforto.