Occupation: Nun Birth: July 14, 1936
When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is a very vulnerable….
Maybe the most important teaching is to lighten up and relax. It's such a huge help in working with our crazy mixed-up minds to remember that what we….
Trying to change ourselves doesn't work in the long run because we're resisting our own energy. Self-improvemen t can have temporary results, but las….
Tonglen practice begins to dissolve the illusion that each of us is alone with this personal suffering that no one else can understand..
Once you create a self-justifying storyline, your emotional entrapment within it quadruples..
Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves..
Compassion isn't some kind of self-improvement project or ideal that we're trying to live up to. Having compassion starts and ends with having compas….
The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief..
In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives..
Feel the wounded heart that's underneath the addiction, self-loathing, or anger..
It becomes increasingly clear that we won’t be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are..
Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions.
At least once a year, I imagine that I am about to die. Looking back as truthfully as I can at my entire life, I give full attention to the things I ….
While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. We can become the world's greatest….
The most important aspect of being on a spiritual path may be to just keep moving..
Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on..
Nobody else can really begin to sort out for you what to accept and what to reject in terms of what wakes you up and what makes you fall asleep. No o….
All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best..
We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious….
Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) e….
Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom.