Daily Zen - Wednesday, December 23

You are the sky.

Everything else

is the weather.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Tuesday, December 25

We already have

everything we need.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Tuesday, May 9

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.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Monday, April 24

In difficult times the stress of trying to 

find solid ground — something predictable and 

safe to stand on — seems to intensify. 

But in truth, the very nature of our existence

 is forever in flux. Everything keeps changing, 

whether we're aware of it or not.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 25

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.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Friday, April 8

Fear is a natural reaction to 

moving closer to the truth.

~ Pema Chodron

Weekend Zen, February 27-28

Whatever is happening 

is the path to enlightenment.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Friday, January 8

Meditation practice is not about trying to 

throw ourselves away and become something better. 

It's about befriending who we already are.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Friday, August 28

We are like children building a sand castle. 

We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, 

and pieces of colored glass. The castle is ours... 

Yet despite all our attachments, we know that the tide 

will inevitably come in and sweep the sand castle away.

The trick is to enjoy it fully but without clinging, and 

when the time comes, let it dissolve back into the sea.

~ Pema Chodron

Weekend Zen, May 9-10

Nothing ever goes away 

until it has taught us

what we need to know.

~ Pema Chodron

Weekend Zen, April 18-19

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake

is to be continually thrown out of the nest. 

To live fully is to be in no-man's-land, 

to experience each moment as completely new and fresh.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Friday, March 13

This very moment is the perfect teacher,

and lucky for us it's with us wherever we are.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Tuesday, January 20

Only to the extent that we expose 

ourselves over and over to annihilation 

can that which is indestructible be found in us.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Thursday, June 27

As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others becomes wider.

~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Wednesday, September 26

When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can 

completely let go and embrace the groundlessness of our situation...that’s called enlightenment.

                  ~ Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Friday, August 10

We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people's wrongness.

                      - Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Monday, June 25

This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we are.

                      - Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Thursday, June 7

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

                         - Pema Chodron

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Daily Zen - Wednesday, April 18

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.
                        - Pema Chodron

Daily Zen - Wednesday, March 21

When we begin to appreciate the kindness and courage of others, we find pleasure everywhere.

                          - Pema Chodron