Pema Chodron

Best-selling author Pema Chödrön is a leading exponent of teachings on meditation and how they apply to everyday life. She is widely known for her charming and down-to-earth interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism for Western audiences. Pema studied under the meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and is the resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery for Westerners. Pema Chödrön: Awakening the Heart 2006 wall calendar features quotes from Pema’s book Comfortable with Uncertainty, which is designed to help us cultivate compassion and awareness within the challenges of daily life. These insightful quotes are paired with beautifully evocative and meditative nature photography. Ms. Chödrön has authored several best-selling books, including The Places That Scare You, When Things Fall Apart and Start Where You Are. Sample Caption: The dharma -- the Buddha's teaching -- is about letting go of the story line and opening to what is: to people in our life, to the situations we're in, to our thoughts, to our emotions. We have a certain life, and whatever life we're in is a vehicle for waking up. "As one of Pema Chödrön's grateful students, I have been learning the most pressing and necessary lesson of all: how to keep opening wider my own heart." -- Alice Walker