Pema Chödrön

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.

— Pema Chodron

“be free of suffering and the root of suffering.”

— Pema Chödrön

Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.

— Pema Chodron

Patience is not learned in safety.

— Pema Chodron

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

— Pema Chodron

“Sitting meditation begins with good posture.”

— Pema Chödrön

Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom

— Pema Chodron

When resistance is gone, the demons are gone.

— Pema Chodron

Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.

— Pema Chodron

Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.

— Pema Chodron

“Scrambling for security has never brought anything but momentary joy.”

— Pema Chödrön

“The principle of nowness is very important to any effort to establish an enlightened society.”

— Pema Chödrön

There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.

— Pema Chodron

“The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face-to-face.”

— Pema Chödrön

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.

— Pema Chodron

You see, there really is no separation between you and everyone else.

— Pema Chodron

“The key instruction is to stay in the present. Don't get caught up in hopes of what you'll achieve and how good…

— Pema Chödrön

The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.

— Pema Chodron

The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and…

— Pema Chodron

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

The second noble truth says that this resistance is the...mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.

— Pema Chodron

The Process of becoming unstuck requires tremendous bravery, because basically we are completely changing our way of perceiving reality...

— Pema Chodron

“The second noble truth says that resistance is the fundamental operating mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.”

— Pema Chödrön

“In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.”

— Pema Chödrön

“it’s good to express our gratitude to others. It’s helpful to express our appreciation of others. But if we do that with…

— Pema Chödrön

Sometimes, this broken heart gives birth to anxiety and panic, sometimes to anger, resentment and blame. But under the hardness of that…

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When we cling to thoughts and memories, we are clinging to what cannot be grasped. When we touch these phantoms and let…

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Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry…

— Pema Chodron

“Nonaggression and the Four Maras All the maras point the way to being completely awake and alive by letting go, by letting…

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“A fresh attitude starts to happen when we look to see that yesterday was yesterday, and now it is gone; today is…

— Pema Chödrön

“If you can live with the sadness of human life (what Rinpoche often called the tender heart or the genuine heart of…

— Pema Chödrön

It has a lot to do with developing patience, not with the check-out person so much, but with your own pain that…

— Pema Chodron

Well, it starts with being willing to feel what we are going through. It starts with being willing to have a compassionate…

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Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the…

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When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity…

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“There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and…

— Pema Chödrön

Holding on to beliefs limits our experience of life. That doesn't mean that beliefs or ideas or thinking is a problem; the…

— Pema Chodron

“In other words, you could endlessly try to have suffering cease by dealing with outer circumstances—and that’s usually what all of us…

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“The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe…

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On the journey of the warrior-bodhisattva, the path goes down, not up, as if the mountain pointed toward the earth instead of…

— Pema Chodron