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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

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
Writer
New York City
New York
Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
Wonder
Affect
Action
Reflect
Heart
Ethics
World
Actions
People
Integrity
Save
Hearts
Compassion

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The central question of a warrior's training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
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According to the Buddhist belief, you can go on and on indefinitely, so you see your life as just a brief moment in time.
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The more neurosis the more wisdom.
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Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?
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As for our inner level of obstacle, perhaps the only enemy we have is that we don't like the way reality is now and therefore wish it would go away fast. But what we need to acknowledge is that nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
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Rather than becoming more relaxed, you start pulling down the shades and locking the door. When you do go out, you find the experience more and more unsettling and disagreeable. You become touchier, more fearful, more irritable than ever. The more you try to get it your way, the less you feel at home.
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To put it concisely, we suffer when we resist the noble and irrefutable truth of impermanence and death.
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It's important to remember, when we're out there aggressively working for reform, that, even if our particular issue doesn't get resolved, we are adding peace to the world. We have to do our best and at the same time give up all hope of fruition.
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At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
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The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us.
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Patience is not learned in safety.
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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.
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If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.
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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
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In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.
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The future is the result of what we do right now.
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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.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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