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Pema Chödrön Quotes

born 1936 Canada

Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, July 14, 1936) is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, formerAcharya of Shambhala Buddhism and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

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

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.

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

Thinking that we can find some lasting pleasure and avoid pain is what in Buddhism is called samsara, a hopeless cycle that goes round and round endlessly and causes us to suffer greatly.

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.

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

The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe that things last — that they don’t disintegrate, that they can be counted on to satisfy our hunger for security.

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

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