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The Pocket Pema Chodron QUOTES

The Pocket Pema Chodron QUOTES

1 " We can learn to act and think in ways that sow seeds of our future well-being, gradually becoming more aware of what causes happiness as well as what causes distress. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

2 " Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you’re this person you really respect. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

3 " Meditation is a totally nonviolent, nonaggressive occupation. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

4 " IN practicing meditation, we’re not trying to live up to some kind of ideal—quite the opposite. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

5 " Meditation takes us just as we are, with our confusion and our sanity. This complete acceptance of ourselves as we are is called maitri, or unconditional friendliness, a simple, direct relationship with the way we are. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

6 " The calligraphy reads, “Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.” Listening to talks about the dharma, or the teachings of Buddha, or practicing meditation is nothing other than studying ourselves. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

7 " Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last forever. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

8 " In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

9 " Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

10 " We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or we begin to challenge them. In Buddha's opinion, to train in staying open and curious - to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs - is the best use of our human lives. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

11 " PATIENCE is the antidote to anger, a way to learn to love and care for whatever we meet on the path. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

12 " In Buddha’s opinion, to train in staying open and curious—to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs—is the best use of our human lives. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

13 " Don’t let life harden your heart. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

14 " In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

15 " The more we make friends with ourselves, the more we can see that our ways of shutting down and closing off are rooted in the mistaken thinking that the way to get happy is to blame somebody else. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

16 " 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. The only way to do this is to open, be curious, and develop some sense of sympathy for everything that comes along, to get to know its nature and let it teach you what it will. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

17 " It helps to remember that our spiritual practice is not about accomplishing anything—not about winning or losing—but about ceasing to struggle and relaxing as it is. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

18 " What causes misery is always trying to get away from the facts of life, always trying to avoid pain and seek happiness—this sense of ours that there could be lasting security and happiness available to us if we could only do the right thing. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

19 " WE can learn to rejoice in even the smallest blessings our life holds. It is easy to miss our own good fortune; often happiness comes in ways we don’t even notice. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron

20 " LIFE is a good teacher and a good friend. "

― Pema Chödrön , The Pocket Pema Chodron