“Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“IN practicing meditation, we’re not trying to live up to some kind of ideal—quite the opposite.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“Meditation practice is how we discover basic goodness and learn to cultivate bodhichitta. With this view, practice, and activity, even the most… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
…feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“When one of the emperors of China asked Bodhidharma (the Zen master who brought Zen from India to China) what enlightenment was,… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Well, it starts with being willing to feel what we are going through. It starts with being willing to have a compassionate… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“This meditation is called nontheistic, which doesn't have anything to do with believing in God or not believing in God, but means… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Over time, as the thinking mind begins to settle [through the practice of meditation], we’ll start to see our patterns and habits… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
What's encouraging about meditation is that, even if we shut down, we can no longer shut down in ignorance. We see very… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When we sit down to meditate, we connect with something unconditional - a state of mind, a basic environment that does not… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“We don't have to be harsh with ourselves when we think, sitting here, that our meditation or our oryoki or the way… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
“The principle of nowness is very important to any effort to establish an enlightened society. You may wonder what the best approach… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Every moment is incredibly unique and fresh, and when we drop into the moment, as meditation allows us to do, we learn… — 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
“Even though peak experiences might show us the truth and inform us about why we are training, they are essentially no big… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“The calligraphy reads, “Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.” Listening to talks about the dharma, or the teachings of… — 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
