We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We are undoing a pattern... It's the human pattern: we project onto the world a zillion possibilities of attaining resolution. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Opening to the world begins to benefit ourselves and others simultaneously. The more we relate with others, the more quickly we discover… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The way I regard those who hurt me today will affect how I experience the world in the future. In any encounter,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If we Pause and breathe in and out, then we can have the experience of timeless presence, of the inexpressible wisdom and… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
It's important to remember, when we're out there aggressively working for reform, that, even if our particular issue doesn't get resolved, we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Few of us are satisfied with retreating from the world and just working on ourselves. We want our training to manifest and… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Many people hope a spiritual practice will let them avoid what they are ashamed of. But when you hide something from yourself,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good. We don’t want to be wrong because then… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. We can… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
It's said that when we die, the four elements - earth, air, fire and water - dissolve one by one, each into… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
You're the only one who knows when you're using things to protect yourself and keep your ego together and when you're opening… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Some of us can accept others right where they are a lot more easily than we can accept ourselves. We feel that… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play. That… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We are not given any promises that, because of our noble intentions, everything will be okay. We learn that what truly heals… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If you’re aggressive in your dealings, that’s how you’ll be regarded in the world. You might smile and give generously, but if… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good... The whole right and wrong business closes us… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We don’t experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away. Samaya means not holding anything back, not preparing… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If we want there to be peace in the world, we have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid in… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
How will we experience the world a month, a year, or five years from now? Will we be even angrier, more grasping… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty. We can’t simply relax with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Nobody else can really begin to sort out for you what to accept and what to reject in terms of what wakes… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If you look back at history or you look at any place in the world where religious groups or ethnic groups or… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Ego could be defined as whatever covers up basic goodness. From an experiential point of view, what is ego covering up? It's… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“LIFE’S work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share
Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing? — Pema Chodron Copy Share
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share
The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves. — Pema Chodron Copy Share
“If the object of meditation were something concrete, something solid and graspable - an image or a statue or a dot on the floor… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share
It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as… — Pema Chodron Copy Share
“The essence of life is that it’s challenging. Sometimes it is sweet, and sometimes it is bitter. Sometimes your body tenses, and sometimes it… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share
If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the obstacle, we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share
“But in this meditation technique, we are with the out-breath; there's no particular instruction about what to do until the next out-breath.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Nothing ever really attacks us except our own confusion. Perhaps… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share
So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even… — Pema Chodron Copy Share
If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other people and… — Pema Chodron Copy Share
“When we realize that the path is the goal, there’s a sense of workability. Trungpa Rinpoche said, “Whatever occurs in the confused mind is… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share
Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment. — Pema Chodron Copy Share
If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be… — Pema Chodron Copy Share
![“We are not given any promises that, because of our noble intentions, everything will be okay. We learn that what truly heals is gratitude and tenderness. We [need] to transform our minds and actions for the sake of other people and for the future of the world.” quote by Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a5b/pema-ch-dr-n-327_action_we-are-not-given-any-promises-that-becau_1165540.png)
