Pema Chodron is a beloved Buddhist teacher, author, nun and mother who has inspired millions of people from around the world who have been touched by her example and message of practicing peace in these turbulent times. The Pema Chodron Foundation is dedicated to preserving and sharing Pema’s inspiration and teachings in order that they might help us all awaken wisdom and compassion in ourselves and the world around us. coque iphone en ligne

About Pema Pema Chodron was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City. coque iphone solde She attended Miss Porter’s School in Connecticut and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She taught as an elementary school teacher for many years in both New Mexico and California. coque iphone xs max Pema has two children and three grandchildren. While in her mid-thirties, Pema traveled to the French Alps and encountered Lama Chime Rinpoche, with whom she studied for several years. She became a novice nun in 1974 while studying with Lama Chime in London. soldes coque iphone His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa came to England at that time, and Pema received her ordination from him. Pema first met her root teacher, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in 1972. Lama Chime encouraged her to work with Rinpoche, and it was with him that she ultimately made her most profound connection, studying with him from 1974 until his death in 1987. At the request of the Sixteenth Karmapa, she received the full monastic ordination in the Chinese lineage of Buddhism in 1981 in Hong Kong. Pema served as the director of Karma Dzong, in Boulder, until moving in 1984 to rural Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to be the director of Gampo Abbey. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche asked her to work towards the establishment of a monastery for western monks and nuns. She currently teaches in the United States and Canada and plans for an increased amount of time in solitary retreat under the guidance of Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Pema is interested in helping establish the monastic tradition in the West, as well in continuing her work with Buddhists of all traditions, sharing ideas and teachings. She has written several books: “The Wisdom of No Escape”, “Start Where You Are”, “When Things Fall Apart”, “The Places that Scare You”, “No Time to Lose” and “Practicing Peace in Times of War”, and most recently, “Smile at Fear”. All are available from Shambhala Publications. Pema Chodron Foundation Gampo Abbey – a Western Buddhist Monastery in the Shambhala tradition, located in Nova Scotia, Canada Pema has been teaching and writing extensively for the past two decades. In 2006, The Pema Chodron Foundation was founded in order to help ensure that Pema’s work can be supported sustainably into the future. The current focus of The Pema Chodron Foundation is the creation of an endowment to hold and generate the funds needed to help share Pema’s teachings of how to ‘practice peace’ in our lives and communities, and to support those who choose to lead a contemplative life. The royalties from all of Pema’s books and tapes are held by the Foundation. In addition, gifts and honoraria generated by Pema’s benefit The Foundation. Pema needs your help. coque iphone pas cher While she has taught and published widely over these past years, and has been at the heart of the creation of her home monastery, Gampo Abbey, she needs your help to make her dream of sharing peace in the world a living reality. soldes coque iphone Any help that you could offer would be tremendously helpful and greatly appreciated. Pema Chodron Foundation is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. coque iphone Contributions are tax-deductible, as allowed by the law.