When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The teacher will never give up on the student no matter how mixed up he or she might be — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away. — 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 giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If you see a homeless person on the street, and they need food, housing, medical attention - if you can give that,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and… — 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
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
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
Whole-heartedn ess is a precious gift, but no one can actually give it to you. You have to find the path that… — 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
People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Cool loneliness allows us to look honestly and without aggressionat our own minds. We can gradually drop our ideals of who we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my… — 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
