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
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Difficult things provoke all your irritations and bring your habitual patterns to the surface. And that becomes the moment of truth. You have the choice to launch into your lousy habitual patterns, or to stay with the rawness and discomfort of the situation and let it transform you.
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There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.
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The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.
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If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.
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Words themselves are neutral. It's the charge we add to them that matters
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Patience has nothing to do with suppression. In fact, it has everything to do with a gentle, honest relationship with yourself.