“ Laziness is not particularly terrible or wonderful. Rather it has a basic living quality that deserves to be experienced just as it is. Perhaps we’ll find an irritating, pulsating quality in laziness.… Pema Chödrön
“ In the present moment we can always realize that the ground is to develop loving-kindness toward ourselves. As adults, we can begin to cultivate a sense of loving-kindness for ourselves—by ourselves,… Pema Chödrön
“ To be fully alive, fully human and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to always be in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh.… Pema Chödrön
“ When one of the emperors of China asked Bodhidharma (the Zen master who brought Zen from India to China) what enlightenment was, his answer was, “Lots of space, nothing holy.” Meditation is nothing ho… Pema Chödrön
“ Making good use of our limited time - the limited time from birth to death, as well as our limited time each day - is the key to developing inner steadiness and calm. Pema Chödrön
“ In order to work with difficult outer circumstances, we need to gather our inner strength. If even ten or twenty minutes of meditation a day helps us to do this, let's go for it! Pema Chödrön
“ We don't have to be harsh with ourselves when we think, sitting here, that our meditation or our oryoki or the way we are in the world is in the category of worst horse. Pema Chödrön
“ Meditation is a process of lightening up, of trusting the basic goodness of what we have and who we are, and of realizing that any wisdom that exists, exists in what we already have. Pema Chödrön
“ We're here to get to know and study ourselves. The path, the way to do that, our main vehicle, is going to be meditation, and some sense of general wakefulness. Pema Chödrön
“ The path of meditation and the path of our lives altogether ha to do with curiosity, inquisitiveness. Pema Chödrön
“ While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. Pema Chödrön
“ It's very helpful to realize that being here, sitting in meditation, doing simple everyday things like working, walking outside, talking with people, bathing, using the toilet, and eating, is actually… Pema Chödrön
“ One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as we are. Pema Chödrön
“ Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the job that we have, and the people who are in our lives. Pema Chödrön
“ The meditation technique itself cultivate precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go - qualities that are innate within us. Pema Chödrön
“ If we emphasized only precision, our meditation might become quite harsh and militant. (...). One thing that is very helpful is to cultivate an overall sense of relaxation while you are doing the medi… Pema Chödrön
“ If the object of meditation were something concrete, something solid and graspable - an image or a statue or a dot on the floor or a candle - it would be much more of a concentration exercise. But the… Pema Chödrön
“ Yesterday I talked about cultivating precision, gentleness, and openess, and described how the meditation technique helps us to remember the qualities that we already possess. Pema Chödrön
“ Meditation practice is how we discover basic goodness and learn to cultivate bodhichitta. With this view, practice, and activity, even the most mundane situation becomes a vehicle for awakening. Pema Chödrön
“ Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies. Pema Chödrön
