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To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity.

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
Negativity
Attraction
Practice
Hardens
Feel
Equanimity
Feels
Aversion
Grasping
Cultivate
Catching

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