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WHY I BECAME A BUDDHIST by Pema Chödrön

Pema Chodron was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City.  She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, worked as an elementary school teacher, got married and had two children. In her mid-thirties, Pema went on a soul-seeking journey and found her path with Buddhism, becoming a novice nun.

In 1981, at the request of the Sixteenth Karmpa, Chodron received full ordination in the Chinese lineage of Buddhism.  Since 1984, she has been the director of Gampo Abbey, a Tibetan monastery for Western monks and nuns in Nova Scotia, and has written many popular books, including “The Wisdom of No Escape,” “When Things Fall Apart,” and “The Things that Scare You.”

In this video, Pema tells us how an emotional event in her life led her on the path to Buddhism.

Good Medicine by Pema Chödrön. Copyright © 1999 Pema Chödrön. All rights reserved. Used with permission from Sounds True, Inc., Boulder, CO, www.SoundsTrue.com.

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One Response to “WHY I BECAME A BUDDHIST by Pema Chödrön”

  1. Betsey Carpenter says:
    August 4, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    I first learned of Pema Chodron in a one year workshop (2002) called A Year To Live, lead by Deborah Gorman, a buddhist of Thic Nat Hahn(sp?) order. I was so moved by the grace and groundedness of Pema in her books,” Things That Scare You”, and “The Wisdom Of No Escape”. This clip of her life is so delicious. I am not religious, but appreciate so many pieces of the fabric of Buddhism. Thanks DTBF for this sweet retreat on a busy day trying to catch up with my e-mail

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