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Through paramita training we learn to be comfortable with uncertainty. Going to the other shore has a groundless quality, a sense of being caught in the middle, being caught in the in-between state.
Pema Chodron • Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
You could uncover it at any point and it would still be a jewel, our heirloom. Bodhicitta is also said to be like very rich, creamy milk that has the potential of being butter. You have to do a little work to get the butterness out of the cream. You have to churn it. It’s also been compared to a sesame seed, full of sesame oil. You have to do a lit
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“small mind.” It can also be described as sem. In Tibetan there are several words for mind, but two that are particularly helpful to know are sem and rikpa. Sem is what we experience as discursive thoughts, a stream of chatter that’s always reinforcing an image of ourselves. Rikpa literally means “intelligence” or “brightness.” Behind all the plann
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we don’t look into hope and fear, seeing a thought arise, seeing the chain reaction that follows—if we don’t train in sitting with that energy without getting snared by the drama, then we’re always going to be afraid.
Pema Chödrön • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
The real thing that we renounce is the tenacious hope that we could be saved from being who we are.
Pema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
The practices of meditation, loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity are our tools.
Pema Chödrön • The Pocket Pema Chodron (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
This is probably one of the most amazing tools that you could be given, the ability to just let things go, not to be caught in the grip of your own angry thoughts of passionate thoughts or worried thoughts or depressed thoughts.
Pema Chödrön • The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness
WHAT KEEPS US unhappy and stuck in a limited view of reality is our tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain, to seek security and avoid groundlessness, to seek comfort and avoid discomfort. This is how we keep ourselves enclosed in a cocoon. Out there are all the planets and all the galaxies and vast space, but we’re stuck here in this cocoon. Mom
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It does take coming to know your anger, coming to know your self-deprecation, coming to know your craving and wanting, coming to know your boredom, and making friends with those things.