About this episode

Ani Lodro Palmo discusses the nature of suffering and the path to awakening through Tibetan Buddhist teachings.

It's a pleasure to share a conversation with Ani Lodro Palmo, an ordained Tibetan Buddhist nun and Director of the Vajra Vidya Monastery in Crestone, Colorado ; and a spiritual teacher and author with more than three decades of monastic experience. Ani has devoted her life to spiritual practice and shares her understanding of the Dharma as an author of the books, All That Appears & Exists: The Buddha's Teachings to Awaken the Heart and Turn Suffering Into Joy and her most recent, The End of Suffering: Finding Love, Self-Compassion, and Awakening in a Chaotic World . As a recognized teacher of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and meditation, Ani Lodro's insights are deeply rooted in the unbroken lineage of Buddhist wisdom, through the Karma Kagyu lineage of The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Although Ani has decades of monastic experience within Tibetan Buddhism, she teaches how the frustrations and dissatisfaction of our everyday lives can be understood and transcended through wisdom and compassion. She writes and speaks in an accessible way, with the gentle encouragement of a friend that is helpful to both new seekers and seasoned practitioners alike. Her teachings are…

People in this episode

Host: Wendy Shinyo Haylett

Guest: Ani Lodro Palmo

Topics covered

• Tibetan Buddhism
• suffering
• Four Noble Truths
• spiritual practice
• compassion
• awakening

Keywords

• suffering
• Tibetan Buddhism
• Dharma
• Four Noble Truths
• spiritual teacher
• compassion
• awakening

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vajra Vidya Monastery

Books & works: All That Appears & Exists: The Buddha's Teachings to Awaken the Heart, Turn Suffering Into Joy, The End of Suffering: Finding Love, Self-Compassion, and Awakening in a Chaotic World

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