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If you work with your mind, that will alleviate all the suffering that seems to come from the outside.
Pema Chodron
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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
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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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If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.
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