As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we… — 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
Feel the wounded heart that's underneath the addiction, self-loathing, or anger. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by… — 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
The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Only in an open, nonjudgmental space can we acknowledge what we are feeling. Only in an open space where we're not all… — 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
Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
What happens with you when you begin to feel uneasy, unsettled, queasy? Notice the panic, notice when you instantly grab for something. (51) — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Rejoicing in the good fortune of others is a practice that can help us when we feel emotionally shut down and unable… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Everything that human beings feel, we feel. We can become extremely wise and sensitive to all of humanity and the whole universe… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity. — 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
When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell and quality… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Someone needs to encourage us not to brush aside what we feel. Not to be ashamed of the love and grief that… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Instead of making others right or wrong, or bottling up right and wrong in ourselves, there's a middle way, a very powerful… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to. We feel… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
In tonglen practice, when we see or feel suffering, we breathe in with the notion of completely feeling it, accepting it, and… — 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
