A Traditional Antidote for Suffering Within the wisdom teachings of Buddhism, there are many stories that refer to its founder as the "Supreme Physician": a healer of all illness - mental physical, and spiritual. The Buddha understood suffering and its antidote. His prescription and philosophy for right living led directly to a Tibetan meditation practice that is today the medicine our hearts have been searching for. On Good Medicine, the remarkable American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun known as Pema Chödrön shares the gift of tonglen, a simple and elegant meditation system "for ordinary people like ourselves." Through tonglen, we can use the difficulties in life - those that cause the most suffering - as a way to befriend ourselves, accept the past we have rejected, and widen our circle of compassion. These traditional breathing meditations cut through obstacles "on the spot." Skillfully distilled into a two-and-a half-hour workshop, Good Medicine offers a revolutionary practice that is already nine hundred years old – and ready to awaken the hearts of America, right now, wherever and whoever you are. PEMA CHÖDRÖN is a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan vajrayana tradition. She has conducted workshops, seminars, and meditation retreats in Europe, Australia, and throughout North America. Pema Chödrön is the director of Gampo Abbey, a monastery in Nova Scotia. She is the author of The Wisdom of No Escape; Start Where You Are; and When Things Fall Apart. This Enhance CD Includes: • A video clip taken from Pema Chödrön and Alice Walker in Conversation • Two songs performed by acclaimed musician and former Buddhist monk Nawang Khechog on his Tibetan bamboo flute • A video clip of Pema Chödrön answering the question: "Why did you become a nun?"

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