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The truth is that good and bad coexist sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
Writer
New York City
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Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
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My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness. It's Buddhist philosophy or something spiritual jargon that you're trying to live up to but you're just using it against yourself as a reason why you're not okay.
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If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.
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We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.
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It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share.
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Use your life to wake you up.
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We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we think other people think we want to be or ought to be.
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At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
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My moods are continuously shifting like the weather.
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In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It is our capacity to relax with not knowing, not figuring everything out, with not being at all sure who we are, or who anyone else is, either.
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If you aren't feeding the fire of anger or the fire of craving by talking to yourself, then the fire doesn't have anything to feed on.
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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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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck.
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Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.
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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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If you work with your mind, that will alleviate all the suffering that seems to come from the outside.
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To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man's-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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When we feel left out, inadequate, or lonely, can we take a warrior’s perspective and contact bodhichitta?
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The future is the result of what we do right now.
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