We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“WE can learn to rejoice in even the smallest blessings our life holds. It is easy to miss our own good fortune;… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“We can learn to act and think in ways that sow seeds of our future well-being, gradually becoming more aware of what… — Pema Chödrön 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
“What causes misery is always trying to get away from the facts of life, always trying to avoid pain and seek happiness—this… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Ego is like a room of your own, a room with a view with the temperature and the smells and the music… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“When we say, “May I have happiness,” or, “May I be free of suffering,” or, “May any individual have happiness and be… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“You want it your own way. You’d just like to have a little peace; you’d like to have a little happiness, you… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Instead of asking ourselves, 'How can I find security and happiness?' we could ask ourselves, 'Can I touch the center of my… — 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
Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It… — 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
“We might erroneously believe that maitri is a way to find a happiness that lasts; as advertisements so seductively promise, we could… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“A much more interesting, kind, adventurous, and joyful approach to life is to begin to develop our curiosity, not caring whether the… — Pema Chödrön 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
