If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.Pema Chodron
“It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.”
“It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.”
— PEMA CHODRON
Buddhist nun and author · born 1936
Pema Chodron is an American nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and a widely read author and teacher. Her books, including When Things Fall Apart, bring Buddhist teachings on compassion and difficulty to a broad audience.
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