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Pema Chödrön is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, former acharya of Shambhala Buddhism and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön has written several dozen books and audiobooks, and is principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. July 1936
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Famous Pema Chödron Quotes

Pema Chödron Quotes about fear

“Emptiness is not what we thought. Neither is mindfulness or fear. Compassion—not what we thought. Love. Buddha nature. Courage.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“Impermanence becomes vivid in the present moment; so do compassion and wonder and courage. And so does fear.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“Meditation is an invitation to notice when we reach our limit and to not get carried away by hope and fear.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

Pema Chödron Quotes about life

“Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“This is a standard meditation instruction that you can embody in the entirety of your life: do not act out and do not repress. See what happens if you don’t do either of those things.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“But there is that feeling. And there’s always another challenge, and that keeps us humble. Life knocks you off your pedestal.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

Pema Chödron Quotes

“Change your attitude, but remain natural.”

Pema Chödron

Always Maintain a Joyful Mind: And Other <i>Lojong</i> Teachings on Awakening Compassion and Fearlessness

“Meditation helps you to meet your edge; it’s where you actually come up against it and you start to lose it.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“The experience of a sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“We can't control what's going to happen but we can grow in awareness of what is happening.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“When we multitask and split up our mind into a million directions, we are actually creating our own suffering, because these habits strengthen strong emotional reactivity and discursive thought.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“But the Buddhist teachings are not only about removing the symptoms of suffering, they’re about actually removing the cause, or the root, of suffering.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“Meditation is just gently coming back again and again to what's right here.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“The principle of nowness is very important to any effort to establish an enlightened society.”

Pema Chödron

How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind (2008)

“The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that’s really swell. In fact, that way of looking at things is what keeps us miserable.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“When things fall apart and we’re on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought... Nothing is what we thought.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“In fact, anyone who stands on the edge of the unknown, fully in the present without reference point, experiences groundlessness.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“We all need to be reminded and encouraged to relax with whatever arises and bring whatever we encounter to the path.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“Through meditation, we’re able to see clearly what’s going on with our thoughts and emotions, and we can also let them go.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

“This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we are.”

Pema Chödron

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (1997)

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