Quotes by : Pema Chödrön

Laziness is not particularly terrible or wonderful. Rather it has a basic living quality that deserves....

But as we let go of our repetitive stories and fixed ideas about ourselves--particularly deep-seated....

I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened....

Buddha is our inherent nature—our buddha nature—and what that means is that if you’re going to....

If we emphasized only precision, our meditation might become quite harsh and militant. (...). One thing....

Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we....

Abandon hope.

Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last....

While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form....

Two kinds of selfish people: the unwise and the wise. Unwise selfish people think only of themselves,....