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Buddhism Quotes by Pema Chodron
- Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact…
- Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
- Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to…
- Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking we do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in our minds, there's a fundamental groundlessness.…
- Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it…
- Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
- We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we…
- As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the countries of origin.…
- As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.
- If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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- Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not… — Pema Chodron
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