Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.
—Pema Chödrön in When Things Fall Apart
—Pema Chödrön in When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön (པདྨ་ཆོས་སྒྲོན། padma chos sgron “lotus dharma lamp”; born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, July 14, 1936) is an American-born Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, former acharya of Shambhala Buddhism and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön has written several dozen books and audiobooks, and was principal teacher at Gampo...
How did I get so lucky to have my heart awakened to others and their suffering?
It's human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.
My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
I have given two cousins to war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.