Pema Chödrön, The Pocket Pema Chodron Quotes
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.
Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you’re this person you really respect.
IN practicing meditation, we’re not trying to live up to some kind of ideal—quite the opposite.
Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last forever.
In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.
Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better.
PATIENCE is the antidote to anger, a way to learn to love and care for whatever we meet on the path.
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.