Pema Chödrön

Pema Chödrön

Pema Chödrön, born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown (July 14, 1936), is an American practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism. Chödrön is an ordained nun, originally an acharya of Shambhala Buddhism and a disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoché. The Buddhist nun has written several dozen books and audiobooks, and is a resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada.