The Freedom to Love: 3 Kinds of Suffering

Pema Chodron, T. Simon, Sounds True, 8/5/22; Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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There's the old joke, true in its own way, that with every marriage there are three rings. Three? Yes. There's the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffe-ring. Similarly, beloved American teacher and Buddhist nun Pema Chodron distinguishes three kinds of dukkha.

Three Kinds of Suffering with American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön

(Sounds True) With The Freedom to Love, Pema Chödrön invites us to start wherever we are — with any challenges, frustrations, or fears we may be facing — and use them as the launching pad to awaken the natural and boundless capacity of our heart.

Do we want to love and connect with others more deeply but need a little help? Struggling with matters of the heart? This is the place to bring them through six sessions of intensive learning and practice, this beloved and gifted teacher guides us through Buddhism’s traditional awakened heart training...with a difference.

She might have named this course “Working with the Hard Stuff” — because here she shows us how to use the principles of The Four Immeasurables in our most challenging situations, relationships, and emotional states. Check out the online course, The Freedom To Love: bit.ly/3QeGspl. Subscribe to Sounds True with Tami Simon for more: bit.ly/2EAugMf.