Pema Chodron
Pema Chodron
Pema Chödrönis an American, Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chodron has written several books and is the director of the Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth14 July 1936
CountryUnited States of America
wise wisdom fear
Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth
joy obstacles resentment
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
kindness compassion compassion-for-others
Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.
emotional long news
If right now our emotional reaction to seeing a certain person or hearing certain news is to fly into a rage or to get despondent or something equally extreme, it's because we have been cultivating that particular habit for a very long time.
commitment heart unique
Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It allows us to have a more flexible identity because we learn to accept ourselves and all of our human experience with more tenderness and openness. We learn to accept the present moment with an open heart. Every moment is incredibly unique and fresh, and when we drop into the moment, as meditation allows us to do, we learn how to truly taste this tender and mysterious life that we share together.
relate only-time
Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future.
struggle buddhism reality
Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
willing-to-die willing dies
To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
support relax quality
I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need to engage in the process of awakening.
essence self bravery
The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.
pain confusion people
If seeing that other person's pain brings up your fear or anger or confusion (which often happens), just start doing tonglen for yourself and all the other people who are stuck in the very same way.
unique meditation together
Every moment is incredibly unique and fresh, and when we drop into the moment, as meditation allows us to do, we learn how to truly taste this tender and mysterious life that we share together.
separation
You see, there really is no separation between you and everyone else.
able annihilation willing
it is only to the extent that we are willing to expose ourselves again and again to annihilation that we are able to find that part of ourselves that is indestructible.