Pema Chodron

Pema Chödrön, born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, is a highly respected American Tibetan Buddhist nun, teacher, and author known for her profound teachings on mindfulness, compassion, and embracing life's challenges. She is a senior student of the renowned Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and has played a significant role in popularizing Buddhist concepts in the West.
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"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest."
— Pema Chodron
"The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment."
— Pema Chodron
"It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens."
— Pema Chodron
"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know."
— Pema Chodron
"If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher."
— Pema Chodron
"The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new."
— Pema Chodron
"When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless."
— Pema Chodron
"The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment."
— Pema Chodron

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