The sad part is that all we're trying to do is not feel that underlying uneasiness. The sadder part is that we… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is a part of being alive, something… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Fear is a natural reaction of moving closer to the truth. If we commit ourselves to staying right where we are, then… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The only way to ease our pain is to experience it fully. Learn to stay with uneasiness, learn to stay with the… — 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
