Pema Quotes
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Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth
— Pema Chodron
Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.
— Pema Chodron
By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
— Pema Chodron
our minds wander off into all kinds of stories and fabrications and manufactured realities,
— Pema Chodron
Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already are.
— Pema Chodron
The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.
— Pema Chodron
It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.
— Pema Chodron
Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.
— Pema Chodron
Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons.
— Pema Chodron
Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering,
— Pema Chodron
This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
— Pema Chodron
All of life is interconnected.
— Pema Chodron
Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what's happening.
— Pema Chodron
The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.
— Pema Chodron
Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.
— Pema Chodron
As long as we believe that there is something that will permanently satisfy our hunger for security, suffering is inevitable.
— Pema Chodron
LIFE is a good teacher and a good friend.
— Pema Chodron
Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.
— Pema Chodron
The teacher will never give up on the student no matter how mixed up he or she might be
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Everything is fresh, the essence of realization.
— Pema Chodron
BEING ABLE to lighten up is the key to feeling at home with your body, mind, and emotions, to feeling worthy to live on this planet.
— Pema Chodron
In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking", and return to the breath.
— Pema Chodron
The more you're willing to open your heart, the more challenges come along that make you want to shut it.
— Pema Chodron
Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
— Pema Chodron
When you open the door and invite in all sentient beings as your guests, you have to drop your agenda.
— Pema Chodron
This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.
— Pema Chodron
Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
— Pema Chodron
It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share.
— Pema Chodron
What we call obstacles are really the way the world and our entire experience teach us where we're stuck.
— Pema Chodron
Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies.
— Pema Chodron
We can connect with that openness at any time. For instance, right now, for three seconds, just stop reading and pause. If
— Pema Chodron
We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
— Pema Chodron
Without loving-kindness, staying in pain is just warfare.
— Pema Chodron
In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.
— Pema Chodron
We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people's wrongness.
— Pema Chodron
Ego is something that you come to know - something that you befriend by not acting out or by repressing all the feelings that you feel.
— Pema Chodron
All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
— Pema Chodron
Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
— Pema Chodron
At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
— Pema Chodron
Determination means to use every challenge you meet as an opportunity to open your heart and soften, determined to not withdraw.
— Pema Chodron
Resentment, bitterness, and holding a grudge prevent us from seeing and hearing and tasting and delighting.
— Pema Chodron
Soften, to connect with your heart and engender a basic attitude of generosity and compassion toward yourself, the archetypal coward.
— Pema Chodron
Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.
— Pema Chodron
There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
— Pema Chodron
The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves.
— Pema Chodron
We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.
— Pema Chodron
Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment,
— Pema Chodron
Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
— Pema Chodron
Tonglen practice begins to dissolve the illusion that each of us is alone with this personal suffering that no one else can understand.
— Pema Chodron
Sometimes you just have to let everything fall apart.
— Pema Chodron
Just prepare well and know what you want to do. Give it your best, but you really don't have a clue what's going to happen.
— Pema Chodron
Life is like stepping into a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. - SHUNRYU SUZUKI ROSHI A
— Pema Chodron
So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
— Pema Chodron
If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside ... that's how your temper will cool down.
— Pema Chodron
We think we'd be delighted to have an unconditional relationship, but that's only as long as it's on our own terms.
— Pema Chodron
Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.
— Pema Chodron
We don't sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we'll be more awake in our lives.
— Pema Chodron
Searching for happiness prevents us from ever finding it.
— Pema Chodron
We're all in this together, all so interconnected that we can't awaken without one another. We
— Pema Chodron
It's helpful to always remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing withwhatever arises, without picking and choosing.
— Pema Chodron
If you work with your mind, that will alleviate all the suffering that seems to come from the outside.
— Pema Chodron
You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
— Pema Chodron
Dharma is the study of what is, and the only way you can find out what is true is through studying yourself.
— Pema Chodron
Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
— Pema Chodron
It's a continual process of opening and surrender, like taking off layer after layer of clothes,
— Pema Chodron
Even if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel; take an interest and be curious.
— Pema Chodron
Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights.
— Pema Chodron
Don't make gods into demons.
— Pema Chodron
Holding on to anything blocks wisdom.
— Pema Chodron
