What if you could cultivate the mind of a bodhisattva -- one who has dedicated one's life to the benefit of others? According to Pema Chödrön, best-selling author and American-born Buddhist nun, you can. On Bodhisattva Mind, she examines sheshin, or "guarding alertness", and the other qualities of mind we need to develop on the path to enlightenment. "We all have a consciousness that knows what helps and what causes harm," says Ani Pema. "With this same ability, we can 'tame our minds', and extricate ourselves from suffering."

A practicum of insights and meditations from this cherished teacher, Bodhisattva Mind shows us how to connect with the spacious, clear, unbiased nature of our minds and experience the joy of complete freedom.

佩玛·丘卓本名Deirdre Blomfield-Brown，1936年诞生于纽约市，在康乃狄克州完成中学教育之后，进入加州大学柏克莱分校深造。毕业后她分别在加州与新墨西哥州担任过多年小学老师的教职，出家前人生阅历颇为丰富，她结过婚，育有二子，后来因先生外遇而离异，三十五岁左右在阿尔卑斯山巧遇Chime喇嘛，并追随这位仁波切潜修多年。1972年佩玛在Chime喇嘛的鼓励之下，与她的根本上师创巴仁波切初次相会，从此坚守三昧耶誓，与仁波切展开了长达十四年的师徒共修情谊。

谈到创巴仁波切，这位在藏密传承中素因作风前卫大胆而倍受争议的十一世转生祖古，可以称得上是欧美人士心目中最具有影响力的精神导师之一。他早期接受的训练涵盖了噶举派与最古老的宁玛派传承，同时也是利美运动不分教派的支持者。