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Person Quotes by Pema Chodron
- The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you…
- Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is…
- It has a lot to do with developing patience, not with the check-out person so much, but with your own pain that arises, the rawness…
- I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person…
- Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions
- If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much…
- Instead of making others right or wrong, or bottling up right and wrong in ourselves, there's a middle way, a very powerful middle way...... Could…
- 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…
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