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Archive for July 13, 2023
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The Danger of Silence
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| "Silence is the residue of fear," says poet, teacher and activist Clint Smith. Even so, he encourages his students and listeners of his TED talks to have the courage to risk taking a stand when it would be easier to remain silent. If we do not use our voices to reach out to others, we may become numb to our own inner voice and our conscience. The danger of saying nothing in the face of injustice is the loss of our agency to make a difference. Silence in the face of others’ suffering results in a loss of our humanity. We need to speak up and use our voice to help make the world a better place with the power of our words. |
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Happy Birthday to Pema!
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Dear friends,
Please join us in wishing Pema a Happy 87th Birthday on July 14th!
We want to take this opportunity to bring you up to date on Pema’s activities, and the activities of The Foundation. We also want to thank you so very much for your support! With your help, Pema has been able to continue to support Buddhist nuns around the world, as well as help many wonderful programs and initiatives needing assistance during these challenging times.
Please consider making a donation in honor of Pema’s birthday! |
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| Pema is doing wonderfully, and has spent most of this year in retreat in Colorado. She will continue there until she returns to her home monastery next winter. Once at Gampo Abbey, Pema will give the Yarne (winter) teachings.
Pema gave a brief talk this week at Phuntsok Choling on July 12th, and the recording of the live stream is available here until August 12th. A donation is suggested to support the activities of Mangala Shri Bhuti. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Pema’s wisdom in an intimate setting just two days before her 87th birthday.
We also hope you will take advantage of Pema’s many recorded and online teachings available through our bookstore. We are offering one of Pema’s early teachings entitled “Self Compassion”,here, as our gift to you. This talk includes an overview of each of the four limitless qualities: love, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. |
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| Please watch this short video highlighting some of the projects The Pema Chödrön Foundation supports! This work would not be possible without the help of so many of you. Pema and all of us at The Pema Chödrön Foundation are very grateful.
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| Pema Chodron Foundation Bookstore
When you purchase Pema’s books, CD’s, DVD’s and audio downloads from our on-line bookstore, all profit goes directly towards supporting Pema’s work. Shipping is free inside the US!
The Pema Chödrön Foundation Bookstore |
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| Pema and The Board of The Pema Chödrön Foundation extend our deepest thanks for all of your support and interest in Pema’s work.
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To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.
– John Burroughs –
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Never the Same River Twice
“”Before I arrived in Japan, I was intoxicated by its tradition of wandering poets. They weren’t roaming around lakes and hills like Wordsworth, but proceeding along a rough, pointed path, in the way of Matsuo Basho. His most famous work–Narrow Road to the Interior–could suggest both the remote areas of northern Japan through which he was walking, and the inner terrain that the act of walking would awaken. Monks in the Zen tradition are called unsui–“drifting like clouds, flowing like water”–to enforce the sense that they follow Buddha on his daily path, sometimes quite literally as they walk around each morning with begging bowls, collecting food. The destination is never the thing; some temples in Kyoto, twenty miles away, greet me at the entrance with Japanese characters on the ground that mean, “Look beneath your feet.” Everything you need is here, in other words, if only you’re wide-awake enough to see it.”” Pico Iyer shares more in this meditative piece. { read more }
Be The Change
Take the path you took yesterday– and see what forms of newness shimmer forth. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 