A Bodhicitta Practice -- Pema Chödrön
“When a train pulled in, one woman from the class noticed a man disembark and decided to make him the recipient of her loving-kindness meditation. Silently she began reciting the phrases for him. Almost immediately she began judging herself: I must not be doing it right because I feel so distant. I don’t have a great wash of warm feeling coming ove
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We practice meditation to connect with maitri and unconditional openness.
Pema Chodron • The Places That Scare You
Just as I want happiness, all beings want happiness. Just as I wish to avoid suffering, all beings wish to avoid suffering. I am just one person, while the number of other beings is infinite. The well-being of this infinite number is more important than that of one. And as you allow these thoughts to roll around in your mind, you’ll actually begin
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This is the true meaning of taking away our affection for ourselves and giving it to others. If you ever find yourself using tonglen as a way to beat yourself up, please pause and remind yourself that that is not the aim.