Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
PEMA CHODRONYou build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
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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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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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In the end, that’s what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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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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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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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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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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