Patience takes courage. It is not an ideal state of calm. In fact, when we practice patience we will see our agitation… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If we're willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be eliminated, then we can have the courage to relax… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The next time you encounter fear, consider yourself lucky. This is where the courage comes in. Usually we think that brave people… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“I take refuge in the Buddha,” that means I take refuge in the courage and the potential of fearlessness, of removing all… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The Process of becoming unstuck requires tremendous bravery, because basically we are completely changing our way of perceiving reality... — 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
Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding)… — 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 Image
Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing? — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
