Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life.… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. Everything is in process. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Being fully present isn’t something that happens once and then you have achieved it; it’s being awake to the ebb and flow… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary… — 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 Process of becoming unstuck requires tremendous bravery, because basically we are completely changing our way of perceiving reality... — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Every small problem most likely stems from the same root as large problems, and so there is no need to always go… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move… — Pema Chodron 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
