Mindfulness Quotes by Pema Chödrön

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

— Pema Chodron

Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.

— Pema Chodron

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.

— Pema Chodron

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.

— Pema Chodron

“IMPERMANENCE means that the essence of life is fleeting. Some people are so skillful at their mindfulness practice that they can actually…

— Pema Chödrön

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected.…

— Pema Chodron

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having…

— Pema Chodron

If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It…

— Pema Chodron

“In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.”

— Pema Chödrön

“An interesting practice that combines mindfulness and refraining is just to notice your physical movements when you feel uncomfortable.”

— Pema Chödrön

Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday…

— Pema Chodron

“At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance. Through meditation, that’s what we begin to undo. If we see…

— Pema Chödrön

It has a lot to do with developing patience, not with the check-out person so much, but with your own pain that…

— Pema Chodron

“Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass…

— Pema Chödrön

Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it's important is that, fundamentally, when…

— Pema Chodron

We can stop struggling with what occurs and see its true face without calling it the enemy. It helps to remember that…

— Pema Chodron

Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting…

— Pema Chodron

“Our habitual patterns are, of course, well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wishing for them to be ventilated isn’t enough. Mindfulness and…

— Pema Chodron

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

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought.…

— Pema Chodron

“In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and…

— Pema Chödrön

“The ground of not causing harm is mindfulness, a sense of clear seeing with respect and compassion for what it is we…

— Pema Chödrön

Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up,…

— Pema Chodron