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
inner-peace peace-of-mind events
Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions
heart demon possibility
Unconditional good heart toward others is not even a possibility unless we attend to our own demons.
responsibility heart practice
If we want there to be peace in the world, we have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid in our hearts, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that kind of responsibility. That’s the true practice of peace.
disappointment adventure knowing
Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.
peace helping-others order
We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
spiritual revenge life-changing
To stay with that shakiness-to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge-that is the path of true awakening. Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
spiritual important path
There's nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
beautiful hurt children
We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of colored glass. The castle is ours, off limits to others. We’re willing to attack if others threaten to hurt it. Yet despite all our attachment, we know that the tide will inevitably come in and sweep the sand castle away. The trick is to enjoy it fully but without clinging, and when the time comes, let it dissolve back into the sea.
running needs helping
Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
needs wide knows
All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
honesty kindness mean
Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own hearts to discover what is true isn’t just a matter of honesty but also of compassion and respect for what we see.
challenges awakening matter
Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
kindness world flood
Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
enlightenment path path-to-enlightenment
Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.