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While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves.

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
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Humanity
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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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Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.
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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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Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
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Being preoccupied with our self-image is like being deaf and blind. It's like standing in the middle of a vast field of wildflowers with a black hood over our heads. It's like coming upon a tree of singing birds while wearing earplugs.
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As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.
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Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.
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Patience takes courage. It is not an ideal state of calm. In fact, when we practice patience we will see our agitation far more clearly.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.
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This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
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There are many changes in the weather of a day.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now.
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But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
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As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the countries of origin. It's just a sign of our culture.
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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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The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.
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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.
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