Instead of making others right or wrong, or bottling up right and wrong in ourselves, there's a middle way, a very powerful middle way...... Could we have no agenda when we walk into a room with another person, not know what to say, not make that person wrong or right? Could we see, hear, feel other people as they really are? It is powerful to practice this way..... true communication can happen only in that open space.
Pema ChodronThere's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?
Pema ChodronThe central question of a warrior's training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
Pema ChodronIf you see a homeless person on the street, and they need food, housing, medical attention - if you can give that, do it. But at the same time, work with tonglen, because that is how you start dissolving the barrier between you and them.
Pema ChodronIf you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.
Pema Chodron