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
relate only-time
Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future.
willing-to-die willing dies
To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
buddhist ignorance meditation-practice
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.
meditation-practice meditation-and-yoga trying
Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
painful disapproval painful-things
The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval,we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness,we are practicing harshness.
enlightenment path path-to-enlightenment
Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.
planets certainty security
If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.
enlightenment use way
The approach is that the best way to use unwanted circumstances on the path of enlightenment is not to resist but to lean into them.
life-is-like life-is standards
Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.
buddhist goes-on belief
According to the Buddhist belief, you can go on and on indefinitely, so you see your life as just a brief moment in time.
buddhism culture adapted
As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.
single-mom appreciate delight
Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we'll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.
mindfulness world details
Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize that you're always standing at the center of the world.