Fully Alive - A Retreat with Pema Chodron on Living Beautifully

Better Me

Pena Chodron

Courage is borne out of vulnerability, not strength. This finding of Brené Brown’s research on shame and "wholeheartedness" shook the perfectionist ground beneath her own feet. And now it’s inspiring millions to reconsider the way they live, parent, and navigate relations with members of the opposite gender.

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Brené Brown — The Courage to Be Vulnerable

Why Should We Meditate?

Beloved teacher Pema Chödrön has been at the forefront of spreading awareness of Buddhist practice in the West for nearly four decades. In this excerpt drawn from Ani Pema’s audio program Pure Meditation, she considers why it is that we are drawn to meditation and what we gain from its practice. In the words of Sounds True producer Matt Licata, “Pema has a real gift of reaching beyond tradition and into the heart of the modern person who is yearning for true spiritual awakening. Pema’s description of the radical act of meditation is both inspiring and clarifying.”

Why Should We Meditate - by Pema Chodron

Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron - Sample

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 fifty-nine powerful mind-training slogans as a way to transform life’s ordinary situations into opportunities for awakening. In this audio program, Pema Chödrön presents her definitive audio 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. The program includes:


Practical commentary to enhance our understanding of the lojong slogans

Seven writing and reflection exercises to help us engage deeply with the slogans

Meditation instructions to help us relax, let go, and uncover our uncaught-up mind

On-the-spot methods to deepen our bodhichitta, our compassion for all beings

Question-and-answer sessions that address some of the most common issues that arise in lojong practice

Two guided meditations on tonglen—a compassion practice based on the understanding that the very thing that triggers suffering can become the foundation of happiness

Running time: 6 hours, 38 minutes

Be Grateful to Everyone by Pema Chodron - Sample

The Art of Peace (audio)

The Art of Peace by Morihei Ueshiba - Sample

All Together Singing in the Kitchen by Nerissa Nields and Katryna Nields - Sample

A Brief History of Everything  by Ken Wilber - Sample

Fully Alive

Fully Alive by Pema Chodron - Sample

Pema Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library. How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart&mdash;when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n suggests, might be just the opposite of what you expect. Here, in her most beloved and acclaimed work, Pema shows that moving toward painful situations and becoming intimate with them can open up our hearts in ways we never before imagined. Drawing from traditional Buddhist wisdom, she offers life-changing tools for transforming suffering and negative patterns into habitual ease and boundless joy.

When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön, read by Cassandra Campbell

Start Where You Are&#160;is an indispensable handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart. With insight and humor, Pema Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n presents down-to-earth guidance on how we can "start where we are"&mdash;embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives. Pema Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n frames her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist maxims, or slogans, such as: "Always apply only a joyful state of mind," "Don't seek others' pain as the limbs of your own happiness," and "Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment."&#160; Working with these slogans and through the practice of meditation,&#160;Start Where You Are&#160;shows how we can all develop the courage to work with our inner pain and discover joy, well-being, and confidence.

Start Where You Are by Pema Chödrön, read by Joanna Rotte

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 fifty-nine powerful mind-training slogans as a way to transform life&rsquo;s ordinary situations into opportunities for awakening. In this audiobook program, Pema Ch&ouml;dr&ouml;n 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. This program include: &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Practical commentary to enhance our understanding of the lojong slogans &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Seven writing and reflection exercises to help us engage deeply with the slogans &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Meditation instructions to help us relax, let go, and uncover our uncaught-up mind &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;On-the-spot methods to deepen our bodhichitta, our compassion for all beings &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Question-and-answer sessions that address some of the most common issues that arise in lojong practice &#160;&#160;&#160;&bull;&#160;Two guided meditations on tonglen&mdash;a compassion practice based on the understanding that the very thing that triggers suffering can become the foundation of happiness

Be Grateful to Everyone by Pema Chödrön, read by Pema Chödrön

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