Knowing Quotes by Pema Chödrön

12 Knowing quotes by Pema Chödrön

Chodron’s approach to knowing is calm and compassionate. In twelve concise notes she invites you to sit with uncertainty, using mindfulness as a bridge to clearer perception.

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“Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. We”

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Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.

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Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.

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By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.

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Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.

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Everything that human beings feel, we feel. We can become extremely wise and sensitive to all of humanity and the whole universe…

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In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It…

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While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. We can…

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Although it is embarrassing and painful, it is very healing to stop hiding from yourself. It is healing to know all the…

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It's hard to know whether to laugh or to cry at the human predicament. Here we are with so much wisdom and…

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“When we think that something is going to bring us pleasure, we don't know what's really going to happen. When we think…

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Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know…

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