Pure Meditation (v. 3) [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Pema Chodron (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2004

Tibetan Buddhists regard shamatha/vipashyana (peaceful dwelling/insight) as both the fundamental and the most advanced spiritual practice of all. Pema Chödrön takes you through each step of this timeless and elegant meditative form that illuminates and purifies the obstacles to spiritual realization. Pure Meditation is a definitive guide to the authentic Tibetan Buddhist meditation that has brought its practitioners relaxation, peace of mind, and deeper awareness for hundreds of years.

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Book Description

From the popular author of the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller The Wisdom of No Escape, Start Where You Are, and When Things Fall Apart ... millions of lovingly dog-eared copies of Pema Chodron's three bestselling books lie on America's bedside tables. Now, Pure Meditation brings listeners a long-awaited event. In her own words, this beloved American-born nun teaches the simplest, most profound practice of all -- the Tibetan Buddhist meditation of transformation and letting go. With the vibrant clarity, humor, and insight her students have come to expect from her, Pema Chodron takes listeners step by step through the three elements of meditation -- posture, breathing, and thoughts -- delivering a complete, three-hour training course that is ideal for beginners and a welcome refresher for more advanced practitioners. As an authoritative guide to Buddhism's fundamental practice, Pure Meditation is destined to become a cornerstone of Pema Chodron's body of work -- a collection already treasured throughout the English-speaking world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Pema Chödrön is an American bhikshuni, or Buddhist nun in the Tibetan Vajrayana tradition. Since her ordination in 1974, Ane Pema ("Ane" is a Tibetan honorific for a nun) has conducted workshops, seminars, and meditation retreats in Europe, Australia, and throughout North America. She is the director of Gampo Abbey, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America. Pema Chödrön is also an acharya (master teacher) in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (November 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591792622
• ISBN-13: 978-1591792628
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #662,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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49 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXQUISITE, October 26, 2000

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Jose Kalidas Mayoral (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure Meditation (Audio Cassette)

Pema Chodron is a ONE-OF-A-KIND meditation master. Her lucid presentation of buddhist meditation is a real treasure. She is sincere and has a great sense of humor. In addition to discussing meditation, she also teaches on some Lojong slogans as they relate to formal/informal practice of meditation.

WATCH OUT!! Pema Chodron is a Vajra Master and listening to her will transform your mind and open your heart!

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, November 19, 2006

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Eduardo Nietzsche (Houston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure Meditation (v. 3) (Audio CD)

Pema Chodron is quite possibly the most lucid and "real" Western teacher of Buddhism and Buddhist meditation alive today. Like the Dalai Lama, and her own teacher the late Chogyam Trungpa, she is marvelously skilled at explicating complex ideas in a very accessible and concrete language, and does so with a palpable warmth and gentleness and compassion that is just breath-taking...and you can really hear it in her voice and sparkling laughter.

For practitioners from other Buddhist traditions which teach a heavier-handed, more rigid and forced way of meditation, this CD will be quite a revelation. I am recommending it to all my friends who do Zen and especially those who are considering beginning a meditation practice of any kind.

Despite the deceptively lofty title ("PURE Meditation") of this CD, Chodron is really bringing meditation squarely back down to earth, gently removing a lot of misguided ideas and attachments that people sometimes form on their own to the practice, often with the aid of institutions and teachers who either don't know any better or are simply looking out for their own interests through pie-in-the-sky claims and promises about what meditation can do for someone.

I bought this in the 3-CD package which includes two other talks by Chodron. Really worth every penny.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Use it and experience the quiet experience meditation delivers.I, September 26, 2007

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Zazen (Cleveland Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pure Meditation (v. 3) (Audio CD)

I read all of Pema Chodron's books appreciating all she is teaching her students. My desire was to have the opportunity to experience a retreat in her presence, learning at her knee, so to speak, and to experience meditation with her and other like minded individuals. As this is not in my immediate future, this CD was, for me, the best next thing. I hope that should you decide to purchase this CD, that you too will feel the positive affects this offers. Enjoy.