It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without harshness, without deception, can we let go of harmful patterns. Without maitri (metta), renunciation of old habits becomes abusive. This is an important point.
Pema ChödrönTags: buddhism
If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart...
Pema ChödrönTags: buddhism mindfulness awakening
It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness.
-Pema Chodron, from "When Things Fall Apart
To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our own terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what this world is." (The Wisdom of No Escape, p. 3)
Pema ChödrönCompassionate action starts with seeing yourself when you start to make yourself right and when you start to make yourself wrong. At that point you could just contemplate the fact that there is a larger alternative to either of those, a more tender, shaky kind of place where you could live.
Pema ChödrönYou are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
Pema ChödrönNone of us is ever OK, but we all get through everything just fine.
Pema ChödrönEverybody loves something, even if it's only tortillas.
Pema ChödrönIn truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.
Pema ChödrönTrue compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
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