If we run a hundred miles an hour to the other end of the continent in order to get away from the… — 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
Compassion isn't some kind of self-improvement project or ideal that we're trying to live up to. Having compassion starts and ends with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . . — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
In the end, that's what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own… — 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
