Pema Chödrön: “Compassionate Abiding”

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

How do we find a sense of stability when everything seems so groundless? Pema Chödrön is celebrated around the world for her ability to help us turn toward things that are difficult and embrace our uncertainty. In this week's podcast, Pema joins Tami to share her one-of-a-kind guidance, including a special practice she calls "compassionate abiding." Tami and Pema also talk about how to stay embodied when panic arises, accessing the wisdom inherent in our emotions, and the importance of cultivating "unconditional friendship" and befriending even those parts of ourselves that we want to reject.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation. The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating
0:16.8	a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available.
0:24.6	We want everyone to have access to transformational tools
0:29.8	such as mindfulness, emotional awareness awareness and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social or physical challenges.
0:39.9	The Sounds True Foundation is a non dedicated to providing these transformational tools
0:46.4	to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:59.0	please visit sounds true foundation.org. Or.
1:04.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:10.0	Today is a special rebroadcast of a webinar that I had with beloved meditation
1:16.2	teacher the author of On Things Fall Apart and How to Meditate Pemichodron.
1:22.0	This conversation was originally broadcast as part of a collection of free resources that sounds true has made available, a type of digital care package to help people navigate this unprecedented
1:36.8	time with mindfulness, compassion, and presence.
1:41.1	It's called Resilience in Challenging Times. That's what we call the whole
1:46.0	digital care package and you can visit sounds true.com to learn more. I wanted to rebroadcast here on insights at the edge this
1:55.8	conversation with Ani Pema. Ani is an honorific term in Tibetan because Anipema has such a terrific gift at helping us turn towards ourselves
2:10.2	with a kind embrace no matter what we're going through.
2:15.0	It said that the Buddha was sometimes referred to as a great physician,
2:20.0	and Anipena, in my view, is someone who offers us that very good medicine.
2:29.0	The medicine, I believe that can be so helpful to so many of us in this time.
2:34.3	Here's my conversation on resilience in challenging times with Anipema.
2:40.5	It is my great delight to be here with Annie Pemma,
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