Born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown on July 14, 1936, Pema is a notable American figure in Tibetan Buddhism. A humble, gentle & peaceful follower of the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, she is an ordained Buddhist nun, a teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage, and the author of numerous books — including No Time to Lose, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, and Tonglen: The Path of Transformation.

“The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new … There’s a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness … If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, become our teachers … When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there within you.” ~ Pema Chödrön

 

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