“Begin the journey without hope of getting ground under your feet. Begin with hopelessness.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
The real thing that we renounce is the tenacious hope that we could be saved from being who we are. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Meditation is an invitation to notice when we reach our limit and to not get carried away by hope and fear.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We can drop the fundamental hope that there is a better "me" who one day will emerge. We can't just jump over… — 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
Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future.… — 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 key instruction is to stay in the present. Don't get caught up in hopes of what you'll achieve and how good… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
The spiritual journey involves going beyond hope and fear, stepping into unknown territory, continually moving forward. The most important aspect of being… — 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
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
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
“We can explore the nature of that piece of shit. We can know the nature of dislike, shame, and embarrassment and not… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
When Things Fall Apart” and I quote “Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We think that by protecting ourselves from suffering, we are being kind to ourselves. The truth is we only become more fearful,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Meditation is an invitation to notice when we reach our limit and to not get carried away by hope and fear. Through… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“This is where renunciation enters the picture--renunciation of the hope that our experience could be different, renunciation of the hope that we… — 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
