Tibetan Buddhism describes three gates that everyone must pass through on the road to spiritual liberation.
With The Three Commitments, Pema Chdrn brings
her unique blend of insight and gentle instruction to guide
practitioners through each of these thresholds as they seek
the source of true happiness. As Pema explains, suffering
arises when we resist the law of impermanencethe fact that
everything we know, including ourselves, will one day die.
Here she provides teachings and practices for fully embracing
life's ephemeral nature using these three traditional monastic
vows, or "commitments":
The Pratimoksha vowshow we can find personal liberation
through the inner work of letting go
The Bodhisattva vowsthe way of genuine and
compassionate service to others
The Tantric vowshow to accept impermanence with true
equanimity and touch the underlying stillness from which all
worldly forms arise