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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.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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If your everyday practice is open to all your emotions, to all the people you meet, to all the situations you encounter, without closing down, trusting that you can do that - then that will take you are far as you can go. And then you'll understand all the teachings that anyone has ever taught.
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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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Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.
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Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die.
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When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.
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While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves.
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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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It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.
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Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness doesn't come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well.
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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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Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened.
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It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play.
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Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person or situation that's right in front of you, and you miss so much.
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Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.
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Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies.
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Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this know.
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