Betrayal Quote by Pema Chodron

“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