Weekly Quotes from Pema Chodron

Bodhichitta

Gentleness in our practice and in our life helps to awaken bodhichitta. It's like remembering something. This compassion, this clarity, this openness are like something we have forgotten. Sitting here being gentle with ourselves, we're rediscovering something. It's like a mother reuniting with her child; having been lost to each other for a long, long time, they reunite. The way to reunite with bodhichitta is to lighten up in your practice and in your whole life.

Excerpted from: Start Where You Are A Guide to Compassionate Living by Pema Chödrön,
pages 12–13

Paul DiSegna July 3, 2019