Pema Chodron Quotes

Pema Calls These Activities "the Six Ways Of Compassionate Living": Generosity, Patience, Discipline, Exertion, Meditation, And Prajna, Or Wisdom. The Basis For All These Practices Is The Cultivation Of Maitri, An Unconditional Loving-kindness With Ourselves That Says, "Start Where You Are." In Buddhist Terms, This Path Is Known As Bodhisattva Activity. Simply Put, A Bodhisattva Is One Who Aspires To Act From An Awakened Heart. In Terms Of The Shambhala Teachings, It Is The Path Of Warriorship. To Join These Two Streams, Pema Likes To Use The Term Warrior-bodhisattva, Which Implies A Fresh And Forward-moving Energy That Is Willing To Enter Into Suffering For Others' Benefit. Such Action Relates To Overcoming The Self-deception, Self-protection, And Other Habitual Reactions That We Use To Keep Ourselves Secure - In A Prison Of Concepts. By Gently And Precisely Cutting Through These Barriers Of Ego, We Develop A Direct Experience Of Bodhichitta.

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