Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
PEMA CHODRONEach person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life … everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
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Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
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Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life … everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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