Psychology Quotes by Pema Chödrön

If you work with your mind, that will alleviate all the suffering that seems to come from the outside.

— Pema Chodron

The wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always.

— Pema Chodron

We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now.

— Pema Chodron

“BEING ABLE to lighten up is the key to feeling at home with your body, mind, and emotions, to feeling worthy to…

— Pema Chödrön

If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside... that's how your temper will cool down.

— Pema Chodron

We can spend our whole lives escaping from the monsters of our minds. (36)

— Pema Chodron

We are not given any promises that, because of our noble intentions, everything will be okay. We learn that what truly heals…

— Pema Chodron

“Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the…

— Pema Chödrön

“Whatever you’re given can wake you up or put you to sleep. That’s the challenge of now: What are you going to…

— Pema Chödrön

Maybe the most important teaching is to lighten up and relax. It's such a huge help in working with our crazy mixed-up…

— Pema Chodron

All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one…

— Pema Chodron

The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and…

— Pema Chodron

I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind…

— Pema Chodron

“We start by working with the monsters in our mind. Then we develop the wisdom and compassion to communicate sanely with the…

— Pema Chödrön

“TURNING YOUR MIND toward the dharma does not bring security or confirmation. Turning your mind toward the dharma does not bring any…

— Pema Chödrön

“Even though there are so many teachings, so many meditations, so many instructions, the basic point of it all is just to…

— Pema Chödrön

When we sit down to meditate, we connect with something unconditional - a state of mind, a basic environment that does not…

— Pema Chodron

“The essence of this practice is that when we encounter pain in our life we breathe into our heart with the recognition…

— Pema Chödrön

The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't…

— Pema Chodron

Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the…

— Pema Chodron

When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity…

— Pema Chodron

“we have the incredible fortune of living alongside wise men and women from many traditions who give us these kinds of messages…

— Pema Chödrön

“Tonglen practice has four stages: Rest your mind for a second or two in a state of openness or stillness. This is…

— Pema Chödrön

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

“When we realize that the path is the goal, there’s a sense of workability. Trungpa Rinpoche said, “Whatever occurs in the confused…

— Pema Chödrön

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk…

— Pema Chodron

If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and…

— Pema Chodron

Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking we do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in our minds, there's…

— Pema Chodron

“But we don’t have to close down when we feel groundlessness in any form. Instead, we can turn toward it and say,…

— Pema Chödrön

“It's as if you were in a spaceship going to the moon, and you looked back at this tiny planet Earth and…

— Pema Chödrön

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we…

— Pema Chodron