How can we hold the suffering of others without drowning in their pain or losing our own sanity? Traditional Buddhist teachings developed an answer for this question many centuries ago: the bodhisattva path.

In The Joy of Letting Go: Release Fear, Dissolve Expectations, and Embrace an Open-Hearted Life from beloved teacher Pema Chödrön, she explores the key practices of the bodhisattva path—generosity, discipline, patience, joyful exertion, and meditation. Pema describes how to bring the sixth paramita, prajna, the “wisdom beyond wisdom,” to each of these practices to transform them into the means for letting go of our attachments and serving others.

The immense challenges and heartbreak of today’s world are calling on each of us to find ways to serve. Pema’s teachings on the bodhisattva path in this retreat provide us with a sane and supportive way to do just that, so we can be of benefit both to others and to ourselves.

Course Materials:

• Six video talks by Pema recorded at Gampo Abbey (a total of twelve hours of footage) with printable transcripts


• Downloadable audio versions of each lesson so you can listen on the go


• Two live Q&A calls during which Pema will take questions from students in the online course (Note: schedule permitting; one or both Q&As may precede the end of the auction.)


• Facilitated discussion forums where you can receive guidance from senior practitioners in Pema’s tradition along with the peer-to-peer support of fellow course participants


• Recommended reading list, practices, and contemplations to help you make the teachings a part of your everyday life


• Unlimited access on your computer, mobile device, or tablet—learn at your own pace wherever and whenever works best for you

Bonus Materials
Your purchase includes several bonus materials:

• Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on Being a Bodhisattva (Video) 1 ½ hours.
  In this special supplementary course talk, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, one of Pema’s closest spiritual guides, delves into what it means to be a bodhisattva in the world and how the paramitas fit into that equation.


• Chögyam Trungpa on the Paramitas (Video) 80 minutes. In this video, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche introduces the bodhisattva path and gives a very rich explanation of the paramitas, both what they are and how to apply them in life.


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