Quotes by Pema Chödrön
1. “There’s a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.”
Awaken The World Through Enlightened Media
1. “There’s a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.”
The following are excerpts from a March 28, 2008, interview with SGI President Daisaku Ikeda by IPS U.N.
Donna Quesada: So it’s a kind of a spaciousness, a distance to where you’re able to see all as passing clouds…
Donna Quesada: Well, Gangaji, the first thing I want to say is, thank you! Thank you for joining us, and I know that our Awaken listeners will appreciate your time, as well, and will love what you have to share with us.
by Thich Nhat Hanh: Suppose your partner says something unkind to you, and you feel hurt. If you reply right away, you risk making the situation worse.
by Joan Halifax Roshi: This past August, more than 50 people gathered in the Circle of the Way temple at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to explore the connection between neuroscience and meditation.
by Deb Shapiro & Kiri Westby: The vast majority of us will have no idea when, where, or with whom we will die.
Donna Quesada: Now, I want to go a little deeper. I find this so fascinating that it starts with us… this kind of self-blessing.
by Vicki Noble: The Tibetan Buddhist Dakini is a compelling icon of untamed female freedom. Like a trickster or the Fool in a Tarot deck, the dakini releases blockages in the energy field and melts frozen patterns, so that the door of the mind is suddenly ajar and something new can enter.
By Marianne Williamson: The blessing he leaves behind. When a great soul leaves the earth, the gifts they shared while they were here dissolve into a misty blessing that remains though they are gone…