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People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.
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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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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is a part of being alive, something we all share. We react against the possibility of loneliness, of death, of not having anything to hold on to. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.
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Just where you are-that's the place to start!
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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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When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.
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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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The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and bad, right and wrong - just a sense of open heart and open mind.
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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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If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it's fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there's an arrow in your heart.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.
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