All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
PEMA CHODRONThings falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, ‘I wonder what’s going to happen today.’ And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.
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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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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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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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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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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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The second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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