“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” Pema Chodron

Pema Chödrön
American nun
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Pema Chödrön is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chodron has written several books and is the director of the Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada. Wikipedia
Born: July 14, 1936 (age 81), New York City, New York, United States
Title: Bhikkhuni
Children: Edward Bull, Arlyn Bull
Teachers: Chögyam Trungpa, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Education: University of California, Berkeley, Miss Porter’s School