All Pema Chodron Quotes
- We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time. Line
- Ego could be defined as whatever covers up basic goodness. From an experiential point of view, what is ego covering up? It's covering up our… All
- It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is… Ache
- Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide. Acceptance
- Compassion isn't some kind of self-improvement project or ideal that we're trying to live up to. Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for… All
- Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for all… All
- For arousing compassion, the nineteenth-century yogi Patrul Rinpoche suggested imagining beings in torment - an animal about to be slaughtered, a person awaiting execution. To… Animal
- What's encouraging about meditation is that, even if we shut down, we can no longer shut down in ignorance. We see very clearly that we're… Begins
- Sometimes, this broken heart gives birth to anxiety and panic, sometimes to anger, resentment and blame. But under the hardness of that armor there is… All
- Nothing ever goes away until it teaches as what we need to know... Ever Goes