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Don T Quotes by Pema Chodron
- We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives.
- When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years, I’ve come to…
- Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add more depression, more discouragement,…
- We don’t experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away. Samaya means not holding anything back, not preparing our escape route,…
- Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
- Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future. What you do…
- We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good. We don’t want to be wrong because then we’ll feel bad.…
- The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe that things last—that…
- The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief. Finally somebody…
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- The mind is a mechanism. It has no intelligence. The mind is a bio-computer. How can it have any intelligence? It has… — Rajneesh
- I don`t want to dress up a picture with just my face. — Grace Kelly
- Enlightenment is choicelessness. But don`t misunderstand me. Before that, you will have to move very cautiously, choosing the right against the wrong,… — Rajneesh
- There is only one way out of the trap: that you don`t choose; neither this nor that - you simply don`t choose.… — Rajneesh
- Just understand, don`t choose - don`t choose even choicelessness. Simply understand the whole situation: that whatsoever you choose, whatsoever you do, will… — Rajneesh
- Choice is bondage, choicelessness freedom. The moment you choose something, you have fallen in the trap of the world. If you can… — Rajneesh
- How not to choose is the whole art of religion, how to drop into a choicelessness. But remember, don`t choose choicelessness! Otherwise,… — Rajneesh
- I teach contentment. And the basic principle of contentment is to drop your ego. Don`t think for a single moment, "To be… — Rajneesh
- To me, creativity is God. But it will be better if you allow me to change the word god into godliness, because… — Rajneesh
- There are urges and urges; you are exploding with urges, desires. You don`t have one desire, you have many desires. Not only… — Rajneesh
- Be creative. Don`t be worried about what you are doing - one has to do many things - but do everything creatively,… — Rajneesh