Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown July 14, 1936) is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.Chodron has written s...
Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear. Pema Chodron
Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear.
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our bir Pema Chodron
As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our bir
When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart. Pema Chodron
When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart.
You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather. Pema Chodron
You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is a very vulnerable and tender place, and that tenderness can go either way. We can shut down and feel resentful or we can to Pema Chodron
When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is a very vulnerable and tender place, and that tenderness can go either way. We can shut down and feel resentful or we can to
A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us. Pema Chodron
A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us.
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. Pema Chodron
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found. Pema Chodron
Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. Pema Chodron
So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior.
We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Pema Chodron
We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.
Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it. Pema Chodron
Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.
We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts. Pema Chodron
We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.
