Pema Chödrön

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Ordained (Monks and Nuns) Category:Western Buddhist Teachers
FirstName / namefirst	Pema
LastName / namelast	Chödrön
MainNamePhon	Pema Chödrön
SortName	Chödrön, Pema
bio	Pema Chödrön is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, former acharya of Shambhala Buddhism and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön has written several dozen books and audiobooks, and is principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada. (Source Accessed Jan 7, 2021)
YearBirth	1936/07/14
BornIn	New York
associatedwebsite	pemachodronfoundation.org
languageprimary	English
affiliation	Gampo Abbey
StudentOf	Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche  ·  The Second Dzigar Kongtrul, Jigme Namgyel
archivistnotes	Other names: Deirdre Blomfield-Brown
IsInGyatsa	No
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The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases.