Occupation: Nun Birth: July 14, 1936
A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next..
By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created..
We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good... The whole right and wrong business closes us down and makes our world smaller..
The more neurosis the more wisdom..
We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now..
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 ….
One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as we are. That….
It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share..
The next step is to learn to communicate with the people that you feel are causing your pain and misery- not to learn how to prove them wrong and you….
If we knew that tonight we were going to go blind, we would take a long, last real look at every blade of grass, every cloud formation, every speck o….
One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen. For one minute, listen to the sounds close to you. For one minute,….
Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh..
It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play..
The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe that things last—that they do….
When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure..
If we're willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be eliminated, then we can have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our sit….
Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move closer to those wa….
Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed..
Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we'll ever eat. We could get depressed about….
To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity..
For arousing compassion, the nineteenth-century yogi Patrul Rinpoche suggested imagining beings in torment - an animal about to be slaughtered, a per….