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This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability to stay present with an uncomfortable feeling in the body and seek short-term relief.
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Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
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In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.
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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.
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.
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In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.
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If you’re aggressive in your dealings, that’s how you’ll be regarded in the world. You might smile and give generously, but if you frequently explode in anger, people never feel comfortable in your presence and you’ll never have peace of mind.
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Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
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The second noble truth says that this resistance is the...mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .
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Softening what is rigid in our hearts.
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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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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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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.
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Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us.
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To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.
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We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or we begin to challenge them. In Buddha's opinion, to train in staying open and curious - to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs - is the best use of our human lives.
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Nothing in its essence is one way or the other.
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Allow situations in your life to become your teacher.
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Unconditional good heart toward others is not even a possibility unless we attend to our own demons.
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