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Pema Chodron Quotes
7 sourced quotes from Pema Chodron across Tonglen.
“When you breathe in, you take in someone else's pain. When you breathe out, you send out relief. The practice is about reversing the habit of avoidance.”
“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It is a relationship between equals.”
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
“Maitri begins with the simple, radical act of being kind to yourself.”
“Tonglen reverses the usual logic of avoiding suffering and seeking pleasure. In the process, we become liberated from a very ancient prison of selfishness.”
“There is a Tibetan word, shenpa. It means hooked. The moment you notice the hook — that noticing is freedom.”