Pema chodron sayings

Here are some quotes by Pema Chödrön, a renowned Tibetan Buddhist nun and author known for her teachings on mindfulness and compassion:

1. "You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather."

2. "The only reason we don’t open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don’t feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else’s eyes."

3. "The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently."

4. "We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. We always have the choice."

5. "The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge it and look at it directly. When we look at our fear head-on, it loses its power."

6. "Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others."

7. "The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves."

8. "Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth."

9. "You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather."

10. "We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same."

Above is Pema chodron sayings.