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Working Directly with the Mind

How to Get at the Root of Suffering and Happiness
ByPema Chödrön
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Pith instructions for taming a wild mind and opening to the fullness of experience.
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The reason we meditate, teaches Pema Chödrön, is because something's bothering us. Yet the root of suffering and the root of happiness are one and the same: the mind. On Working Directly with the Mind, she offers pith instructions on taming a wild mind, and becoming fully present with all of our experience.

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This session is excerpted from Pema Chödrön's 5-CD program How to Meditate with Pema Chödrön.

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Contents Digital Audio (26 minutes)
Product Code IM02415W
ISBN Number 978-1-60407-700-1
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Pema Chödrön

About Pema Chödrön

Pema Chödrön is a well-known and beloved American-born Buddhist nun and author of many spiritual classics. She serves as the resident teacher at Gampo Abbey Monastery in Nova Scotia and is a student of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. For more information, including a list of her published works, visit pemachodronfoundation.org.

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Reviewed by barbara s.
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Opening to our lives

Loved it. Inspiring

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For me, Ani Pema Chodron is the most relatable and clear Buddhist teacher among all of the teachers I have had retreats with and/or read. I have many of her teachings and they are all so succinct yet taught with such heart.

I have had retreats with or read his Holiness Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jack Kornfield, Adyashanti, Sylvia Boorstein, Howard Cohn, Mark Coleman, Jon Kabat Zinn, amongst others. Pema Chodron encourages us all to embrace: fear, sorrow, loneliness, groundlessness with love and compassion in a way that is very approachable. She invites us to be fascinated, as she is, by paradox.

She tells us the realities of being on the path are incredibly difficult and takes tremendous courage but she also gives us the tools to work with if we really want to change. As a woman, I have also found that her expression/interpretations of Buddhist teachings and her personal journey resonate more with me.

Really there are no words to express how wonderful her teachings are, and no words that reflect completely how thankful I am to her for her work and many years of teachings.

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Reviewed by Fred C.
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A short and very good, clear talk on "Being present".

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As always, Pema Chodron is right on the mark. Most of us need help with our runaway monkey minds, and she offers her usual pithy advice.

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As always another great CD to listen to!

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