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
curiosity welcome moments
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.
cheerful moments results
Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we're going to be more cheerful in the future, it's because of our aspiration and exertion to be cheerful in the present. What we do accumulates; the future is the result of what we do right now.
live-in-the-moment enlightenment moments
If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.
moments ifs flexible
If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.
moments present-moment
We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.
birth moments something-new
As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .
heartbreaking moments cheat
The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.
writing moments
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
energy moments uncomfortable
When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
understanding moments vulnerable
Anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness. That's when our understanding goes deeper, when we find that the present moment is a pretty vulnerable place and that this can be completely unnerving and completely tender at the same time.
unique moments
Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
begins clearly closing darkness illuminate itself longer meditation shut
What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer shut down in ignorance. We see very clearly that we're closing off. That in itself begins to illuminate the darkness of ignorance.
precious-jewels may mud
Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
suffering causes happens
It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.