Andrea Miller on the life and spiritual journey of one Deirdre Blomfield-Brown. Pema Chödrön was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in New York City in 1936. She has said that she had a pleasant childhood with her Catholic family, but that her spiritual life didn’t begin until she attended boarding school, where her intellectual curiosity was cultivated. At age twenty-one, [...]
Pema Chödrön on how to enjoy life
In an exclusive interview with Pema, conducted at her home, Gampo Abbey, in Nova Scotia, she talks about what it means — and why it’s important — to enjoy our lives. From Lion’s Roar’s Pema Chödrön: A Special Collector’s Edition. I notice there's a sign in the entrance to Gampo Abbey that says "Enjoy Your Life." We don't usually think of that as a spiritual [...]
Teenage Buddhist Nun
It sounds like the stuff of a bad comedy, but nineteen-year old nun Kunga Yeshe (formerly Jessica Topaz) is sincere about her spiritual path. Last year, when she left high school, she moved to Gampo Abbey, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nova Scotia, and now her days consist of meditating, working, and studying Buddhist philosophy. In an interview for beliefnet, Kunga explains [...]