Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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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The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don’t lose your sense of perspective.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something – usually ourselves.
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Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back.
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I can’t overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.
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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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