Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
Pema ChodronWhen we feel left out, inadequate, or lonely, can we take a warriorโs perspective and contact bodhichitta?
Pema ChodronWhen we struggle agains our energy we reject the source of wisdom. Anger without the fixation is none other than clear-seeing wisdom. Pride without fixation is experienced as equanimity. The energy of passion when it's free of grasping is wisdom that sees all the angles.
Pema ChodronIt's important to remember, when we're out there aggressively working for reform, that, even if our particular issue doesn't get resolved, we are adding peace to the world. We have to do our best and at the same time give up all hope of fruition.
Pema Chodron