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Pema Chodron Quotes

«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.»
Author: Pema Chodron
«The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk at the bottom of the lake that we don't feel the need to churn up the waters just to avoid looking at what's there.»
Author: Pema Chodron | About: Self-respect
«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.»
Author: Pema Chodron | About: Ignorance, Meditation
«Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.»
Author: Pema Chodron | About: Compassion, Respect
«When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.»
Author: Pema Chodron