Summary Of Pema Chodron's 'Taking The Leap'

Would we be truly happy if we decided to always take risks? How is Buddhism related in terms of interpersonal communications? In Pema Chodron’s book, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears, argue that, being the most peaceful and spiritual person you can be can make one truly happy. Pema Chodron’s information about shenpa, compared with the teachings of interpersonal communications, how she proves that her argument is true versus the teachings of interpersonal communications, and my own opinion of her book. Pema Chodron’s first talks about how “shenpa” triggers us naturally and how we always take the most relieving way in terms of being attached to something. She also describes shenpa as a hook that leads us to suffering and how we can get stuck and then we start to blame, fear, and finally, feel miserable. Chodron then talks about how we can escape, or avoid being hooked by shenpa meditating, learning to love, and to practice resisting the urge of shenpa. Coming from this, shenpa seems to be a really important topic about the book because she talks about it like it’s the core of one’s problems, and it would be treated as if it were a virus spreading around people in all its toxicity verbally, and mentally. Chodron’s …show more content…
Either way, it’s basically about how she has a friend who has a problem about being nervous, and he’s a major star wars fan, so what Chodron does, is that she reminds her friend about his favorite character, Obi-wan Kenobi, who is basically the master of counteracting shenpa, and always down to earth which makes Chodron’s friend look up to a character like Obi-wan, and wanting to be like him. Chodron would remind her friend about Obi-wan and talk briefly about him every time she sees that her friend is nervous, thus, calming him down and controlled, negating the effects of shenpa happening to her