About Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City. She attended Miss Porter’s School in Connecticut and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. She taught as an elementary school teacher . . . [ Read more . . . ]
About Gampo Abbey
Founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1984, Gampo Abbey is a Western Buddhist Monastery in the Shambhala Tradition, located in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Under the direction of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the spiritual head of Shambhala International, Gampo Abbey is guided by . . . [ Read more . . . ]
About The Foundation
Pema has been teaching and writing extensively for the past two decades. She now looks forward to spending more of her time in retreat and guiding the monks and nuns at the Abbey. At the same time, the Abbey is growing . . . [ Read more . . . ]
