If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on …

Pema Chodron
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If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down. ✨ Pema Chödrön on Buddhism. Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. August 4, 2006.
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Nothing in its essence is one way or the other. ✨ Pema Chodron (2001). The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness, p.51, Shambhala Publications
While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. ✨ Pema Chodron (1996). Awakening Loving-Kindness, p.10, Shambhala Publications
Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to escape - all addictions stem from this moment when we meet our edge an … ▶
Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. ✨ Pema Chodron (2000). When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, p.98, Shambhala Publications
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If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down. ✨ Pema Chödrön on Buddhism. Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. August 4, 2006.

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