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- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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- Original Recording
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Intro to Meditation
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Noble Heart
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- Original Recording
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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The Truth of Our Existence
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- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 369
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 317
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Story5 out of 5 stars 311
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, as always
- By Bearinthehouse on 03-21-15
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Embracing the Unknown
- Life Lessons from the Tibetan Book of the Dead
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 234
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 197
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Pema Chödrön presents her first live talk on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. With Embracing the Unknown, she reveals how one of Buddhism’s most revered texts contains essential guidance not only for understanding the mysteries of life, death, and rebirth - but also profound wisdom for living fearlessly in “the bardo of this life”. Experience one of today’s most beloved spiritual teachers at her best as she helps us navigate fear, doubt, and uncertainty with a compassionate and open heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not a book but good just the same
- By AceLee on 07-25-19
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Bodhisattva Mind
- Teachings to Cultivate Courage and Awareness in the Midst of Suffering
- By: Pema Chodron
- Narrated by: Pema Chodron
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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What if you could cultivate the mind of a bodhisattva -- one who has dedicated one's life to the benefit of others? According to Pema Chödrön, best-selling author and American-born Buddhist nun, you can. On Bodhisattva Mind, she examines sheshin, or "guarding alertness", and the other qualities of mind we need to develop on the path to enlightenment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First Understanding of Buddhism
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The Three Commitments
- Walking the Path of Liberation
- By: Pema Chodron
- Narrated by: Pema Chodron
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Original Recording
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Tibetan Buddhism describes three gates that everyone must pass through on the road to spiritual liberation. With the Three Commitments, Pema Chodron brings her unique blend of insight and gentle instruction to guide practitioners through each of these thresholds as they seek the source of true happiness. As Pema explains, suffering arises when we resist the laws of impermenance-the fact that everything we know, including ourselves, will one day die.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent but incomplete
- By Jo on 05-02-12
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The Fearless Heart
- The Practice of Living with Courage and Compassion
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Fear and guilt are two of the greatest challenges we face on the spiritual path - but there is a way to transform these painful feelings into courageous self-acceptance. Here Pema Chödrön presents the five aphorisms for developing fearlessness that were given to Machig Lapdronma, one of Tibetan Buddhism's greatest female teachers. Pema comments on these aphorisms, holds question-and-answer sessions, and leads guided meditations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful and eye-opening
- By Nicole Lopez Mendez on 07-06-19
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Be Grateful to Everyone
- An In-Depth Guide to the Practice of Lojong
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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One of the best ways to bring meditation off the cushion and into everyday life is to practice lojong (or mind training). For centuries, Tibetans have used 59 powerful mind-training slogans as a way to transform life's ordinary situations into opportunities for awakening. In this audiobook program, Pema Chödrön presents her definitive teachings on lojong. She offers an overview of the practice and goes on to provide inspiring commentary on the slogans while paying special attention to how to apply them on the spot in our daily lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Heart
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When Pain is the Doorway
- Awakening in the Most Difficult Circumstances
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Original Recording
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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. In these intimate audio learning sessions, Pema Chödrön helps us distinguish the triggers or external events that we blame for our suffering from the deeper habitual patterns that feed our anger, fear, or sadness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Crucial topic. sound is fine.
- By ClosetGeek on 10-12-13
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Smile at Fear
- A Retreat with Pema Chödrön on Discovering Your Radiant Self-Confidence
- By: Pema Chödrön, Carolyn Rose Gimian
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story5 out of 5 stars 42
We all have fears, but when we look closely at them, we discover that behind each fear resides a basic fear of ourselves. We're afraid to look at our habitual styles of thinking and behaving because we might not always like what we see. Ironically it is this fear of honest self-reflection that keeps us trapped in patterns of stress and discontentment. Here is a vision for moving beyond this most basic fear to discover the innate bravery, trust, and joy that reside at the core of our being.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pema Live
- By rally_squirrel_west on 02-27-18
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Getting Unstuck
- Breaking Your Habitual Patterns and Encountering Naked Reality
- By: Pema Chodron
- Narrated by: Pema Chodron
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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On Getting Unstuck, Pema Chodron introduces a rare Tibetan teaching she received from her teacher, Dzigar Kontrul Rinpoche, and one that has become critical to her practice. Here, she unveils the mystery of an ineffable quality; a "pre-emotional" feeling that arises in us, brings us discomfort, and causes us to react by escaping the discomfort, often with harmful habits. With Getting Unstuck, she offers us a first look at "both the itch and the scratch": what Tibetan Buddhists call shenpa.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Concrete solutions for addictive behavior
- By Annie M. on 05-12-09
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This Moment Is the Perfect Teacher
- Ten Buddhist Teachings on Cultivating Inner Strength and Compassion
- By: Pema Chödrön
- Narrated by: Pema Chödrön
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
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Lojong is a powerful Tibetan Buddhist practice created especially for training the mind to work with the challenges of everyday living. It teaches our hearts to soften, reframes our attitude toward difficulty, and allows us to discover a wellspring of inner strength. In this recorded retreat, Pema Chödrön introduces the lojong teachings and explains how we can apply them to any situation in our life - because, as Pema says, "every moment is an opportunity for awakening."
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5 out of 5 stars
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FYI: Subset of “Be Grateful to Everyone “
- By mleather on 11-27-19
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Walking the Walk
- Putting the Teachings into Practice When It Matters Most
- By: Pema Chodron
- Narrated by: Pema Chodron
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 542
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It's one thing to hear a life-changing truth or to have a conceptual grasp on spiritual wisdom. But it’s another thing to "walk the walk" - or to put into practice the good advice we've been given. What does it mean to walk the walk in our everyday lives? According to Pema Chödrön, it means being down-to-earth, genuine, and perhaps most importantly, it means engaging in the teachings in order to actively confront anything and everything we’ve heretofore rejected in our attempts to find happiness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing talks. Thank you Pema Chodron
- By Client Amazon on 09-21-14
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The Pema Chodron Audio Collection
- By: Pema Chodron
- Narrated by: Pema Chodron
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,128
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 748
Pema Chodron, one of the West's most beloved teachers of Buddhism, makes the Tibetan vajrayana tradition accessible in today's world. Now three of her most popular teachings are available in one audiobook set.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ancient insights for a Modern Audience
- By Tricia on 04-11-12
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Awakening Love
- Teachings and Practices to Cultivate a Limitless Heart
- By: Pema Chodron
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 289
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
Have you ever wanted to love and connect with others more deeply... but felt that you could use a little help shedding your "emotional armor" and opening your heart? With Awakening Love, Pema Chodron invites you to start wherever you are, amid any and all of the challenges, frustrations, or fears you may be facing, and to use them as the starting place to awaken the natural and boundless capacity to give and receive love more fully.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent!
- By Ninotchka on 05-17-12
Publisher's Summary
As a child, did you ever sit under a favortie 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. But it doesn't have to be that way. With Natural Awareness, this celebrated teacher guides us through Buddhism's Four Foundations of Mindfulness to a surprising destination: that effortless state of presence known as known as "non-meditation". It's a journey back to the unabashed presence and delight of the "Child Mind" that lies within all of us.
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- Scott Cooper
- 08-14-16
Awareness Bliss
Thanks to Ani Pema I am aware that perfection is a myth and humor is Gdsent
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