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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.

Pema Chodron
Fall, Healing, Buddhism
Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.11, Shambhala Publications

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back.

Pema Chodron
Disappointment, Buddhism, Irritation
Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.16, Shambhala Publications

Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact that things end, that things pass, that things have no lasting substance, that everything is changing all the time-that is the basic message.

Pema Chodron
Buddhism, Squares, Suffering

Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.

Pema Chodron
Work, Buddhism, Suffering
Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

Pema Chodron
Buddhism, Empowering, Getting What You Want
Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.123, Shambhala Publications

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.

Pema Chodron
Buddhism, Acceptance, Suffering
Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.50, Shambhala Publications

We can gradually drop our ideals of who we think we ought to be, or who we think we want to be, or who we think other people think we want to be or ought to be.

Pema Chodron
Buddhism, Thinking, People
Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.76, Shambhala Publications

Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.

Pema Chodron
Struggle, Buddhism, Reality
Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the countries of origin. It's just a sign of our culture.

Pema Chodron
Country, Strong, Buddhism

As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.

Pema Chodron
Buddhism, Culture, Adapted

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