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
teacher irritation perfect
This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
reality practice differences
As we practice, we begin to know the difference between our fantasy and reality.
mean suffering firsts
The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief.
running lines stories
We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time.
eye awakening blink
We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake
fall thinking together
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.
heart missing ego
I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person or situation that's right in front of you, and you miss so much.
running discovery meditation
One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as we are. That’s not considered to be a problem. The point is to see it.
challenges feelings enough
Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened.
lonely warrior perspective
When we feel left out, inadequate, or lonely, can we take a warrior’s perspective and contact bodhichitta?
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.