Pema Chodron Quotes

Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.

It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.

Meditation is not concentration. It is simple awareness. You simply relax and watch the breathing. In that watching, nothing is excluded. The car is humming - perfectly okay, accept it. The traffic is passing - that's okay, part of life. The fellow passenger snoring by your side, accept it. Nothing is rejected. You are not to narrow down your consciousness.

I try to just stay in the present moment as much as possible.

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.

You cannot force the Now. — But can you neither condemn nor justify and yet be extraordinarily alive as you walk on? You can never invite the wind, but you must leave the window open.

Allow rather than resist what arises in the present moment-inside or out. Let it be interesting rather than good or bad.

Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.

Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness.

I just like being present.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

Just stay present in the moment, and what will come will come.

Meditation allows us to deal with life as it is rather than looking at it and comparing it with how we think it's supposed to be.

Take each day as it comes and focus on the present moment.

Long for what is real. You will then have no time for worrying over what may never happen.

Whatsoever you are waiting for, you are waiting in vain. It is not going to happen, and what is going to happen has nothing to do with your expectations and your desires. You just let it come in; don't block the way. Remove yourself out of your own way. This time, with no expectations, no desires, no hopes, just meditate.

Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.

Let your ears hear without trying to hear. Let the mind think without trying to think and without trying to stop it. That is practice.

Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.

Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.

Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day.