This Moment Is the Perfect Teacher: Ten Buddhist Teachings on Cultivating Inner Strength and Compassion | 
 enlarge | Creator: Pema Chodron
Publisher: Shambhala Audio
Category: Book
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Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 1590304934
Dewey Decimal Number: 294
EAN: 9781590304938
ASIN: 1590304934
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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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 Choedroen 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." In addition, Pema also leads a guided tonglen meditation, a practice aimed at developing courage and cultivating compassion for ourselves and others.4 CDs, 4 1/2 hours, unabridged.
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 PEMA CHODRON READER HERE June 16, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
PEMA CHODRON WAS THE DOOR I TRAVELED THROUGH TO GET INTO BUDDHISM. I BELIEVE I NOW OWN ALL THAT SHE HAS RECORDED ON CD'S AND AUDIOBOOKS. I WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR EVERYTHING NEW SHE WRITES.
 4.5* Warm practicality May 27, 2008
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This short (almost 4 hours in 35 tracks--CD#1: 42:46 in 8 tracks, CD#2: 76:49 in 10 tracks, CD#3: 58:45 in 8 tracks, CD#4: 55:33 in 9 tracks) set builds on Pema's book Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics) addressing some of the 49 Lojong mind training slogans. These implement the general approach of Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana) of turning poison into elixir--esp. transforming the 3 Poisons of aggression, craving, & ignorance into Relative Bodhichitta=Maitri ("unconditional friendliness" or lovingkindness) & compassion. Pema notes the parallels to homeopathy in her practical method of "using difficult circumstances as a path of awakening" based on the teachings of her master Trungpa Rinpoche.
But, she also addresses Absolute Bodhichitta ("openness"), familiar to students of Mahamudra and Dzogchen, in a more concrete way--rather than only in theory or even in exercises. Further, she points out the dreamlike nature of reality (using shopping malls, airports, & lucid dreaming=waking up inside a dream to demonstrate this). There's heavy emphasis on Tonglen (see Tonglen, the Path of Transformation) including a guided sitting Tonglen session, description of "traffic Tonglen"--a type of on-the-spot Tonglen in which one connects to other folks in the same "boat" as one is experiencing at the moment, and using Tonglen to deal with difficult people & circumstances. As usual she includes both her own and others' actual experiences to explicate her teachings.
These sessions are similar to much of her other work, but she notes the value of repetition--per the student who heard the same thing over & over but finally "got it" on the 25th time! But this set has even more humor than her prior works--I actually laughed out loud! Her gently compassionate, spiritual warrior approach is esp. evident in the Q&A sessions, her depiction of the 3 Courages (king, ferryman, shepherd), & her mindfulness of pain approach. Overall, implementation of these techniques dissolves one's dichotomizing, denial, & dissociation. As she states: "You're getting somewhere with your students when they begin to get terrified." But, that's what it may take when facing one's addictions & ignorance so that one can "Live so you can die without regrets." You won't regret listening to her IMHO.
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