Essence of life Quote by Pema Chödrön

“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

Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?

— Pema Chodron

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

The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves.

— Pema Chodron

“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

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

“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

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

“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

“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

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

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