Pema Chödrön: Living with Vulnerability

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Pema Chödrön is an American-born Buddhist nun who currently resides at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia. Her many publications include How to Meditate, Getting Unstuck, and Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better. This special episode of Insights at the Edge—originally broadcast as part of the Living with Vulnerability online program—features a deeply heartfelt conversation between Pema and Tami Simon. Here they discuss why it can feel so hard to live with your innermost self open to the world. Pema emphasizes that choosing to be vulnerable brings a more genuine and fulfilling experience of your daily life. Finally, Tami and Pema talk about listening to the inherent lessons of your emotions and why acceptance of the moment will open you to ever-greater opportunities for joy and enrichment.(66 minutes)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities
0:46.9	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,
0:58.4	please visit sounds true foundation.org. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:07.0	Today is a special episode, a conversation with beloved meditation teacher Pemma Trojran about
1:18.6	something I think many of us feel in our current climate the challenge of living with vulnerability.
1:27.0	Pemma Chodran is a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and the author of when things fall apart, start where you are
1:36.2	and how to meditate.
1:38.2	What sounds true, Anipema as she is often called by her friends and students,
1:43.4	has created many audio learning programs and online courses,
1:48.2	including a powerful course on living with Vulnerability.
1:53.9	This conversation is a rebroadcast of a webinar that originally launched the Living with
2:00.1	Vulnerability Online Course.
2:02.4	The webinar featured questions from
2:04.2	listeners about their own challenges dealing with loss and uncertainty,
2:09.1	including questions about feeling regrets and how to work with chronic illness and grief.
2:17.9	With warmth and intelligence, Annie Pemma has a gift for helping us embrace whatever challenges we're experiencing with a whole lot of tenderness.
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