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Summary: EXQUISITE
Review: Pema Chodron is a ONE-OF-A-KIND meditation master. Her lucid presentation of buddhist meditation is a real treasure. She is sincere and has a great sense of humor. In addition to discussing meditation, she also teaches on some Lojong slogans as they relate to formal/informal practice of meditation.WATCH OUT!! Pema Chodron is a Vajra Master and listening to her will transform your mind and open your heart!
Rating:
Summary: EXQUISITE
Review: Pema Chodron is a ONE-OF-A-KIND meditation master. Her lucid presentation of buddhist meditation is a real treasure. She is sincere and has a great sense of humor. In addition to discussing meditation, she also teaches on some Lojong slogans as they relate to formal/informal practice of meditation. WATCH OUT!! Pema Chodron is a Vajra Master and listening to her will transform your mind and open your heart!
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Summary: Fine Introduction to Buddhist meditation
Review: This 2-cassette set reflects the author's usual warmth, humor, kindliness, and down-to-earth approach to improving one's life through Buddhist means. The author is a western Buddhist nun teaching at a monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada. This set focuses on Buddhist meditation consisting of tranquil abiding (Shamatha or shine) with some insight meditation (vipashyana). Thus, it differs from her many other books (e.g. "Places that Scare You"), tapes (e.g. "Awakening Compassion"), and video ("Good Medicine") which primarily address the Lojong mind training. She does include a smattering of it here as well as some discussion of Bodhichitta - an approach to the mind of a Buddha. She stresses having loyalty to your life's experiences-even using the terms "Being Here" (the title of Peter Sellers' last movie which is actually quite appropriate here) and "Be Here Now" (the title of Baba Ram Dass' best seller of yesteryear). This includes having the courage to experience discomfort, to change one's worldview, and face one's emotions squarely. In the latter she provides a technique to utilize them to your advantage by dumping the words and keeping the energy. Ani Chödrön's (she is a Buddhist nun, thus the title Ani) wonderful turns of phrase include: "The places of meeting your edge are the places of tantrum," "emptiness is openness." She also provides stories such as the man who went into a coma, was transported elsewhere, and thought he was dead when he woke up-and lived the rest of is life that way. My only criticism of this set is that it's too short so that it can only cover the highlights of meditation. I'd recommend the works of her friend Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche or of Bokar Rinpoche for more detail.
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