No Time to Lose Quotes

“Like a treasure found at home, enriching me without fatigue, you, my dear troublemaker, are the means by which a confused person like me will attain enlightenment.”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“Strive at first to meditate Upon the sameness of yourself and others. In joy and sorrow all are equal. Thus be guardian of all, as of yourself. We”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“Those who go in bliss naturally includes the buddhas, but it also refers to our own potential. We, too, can free ourselves from the hopes and fears of self-centeredness. The bliss of perceiving reality without these limitations is our birthright. Thus Shantideva doesn’t bow down to something outside himself, but to his own capacity for enlightenment.”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“In solitude, the mind and body Are not troubled by distraction. Therefore, leave this worldly life And totally abandon mental wandering. With this verse, Shantideva begins a discussion on the need for solitude. In contemplating this section, it is helpful to remember three topics: dunzi, or wasting our lives with useless distractions; shenpa, the experience of being hooked; and heartbreak or nausea with samsara. When Shantideva tells us to leave this worldly life, he’s addressing how hooked we become by the things of this world, and how we need to find time to be free of distractions. After a while, nausea with getting hooked becomes like an ache in the heart that never goes away. Shantideva is not making an ultimate statement about how to live one’s life. He’s just saying that in order for the mind to become steady, we’ll need to remove ourselves from dunzi, at least for short periods of time. Outer solitude is a support for inner solitude. This is his point. We can’t kid ourselves: if we never take a break from our busy lives, it’s going to be extremely difficult to tame our minds.”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“If with kindly generosity One merely has the wish to soothe The aching heads of other beings, Such merit knows no bounds.”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“Making good use of our limited time - the limited time from birth to death, as well as our limited time each day - is the key to developing inner steadiness and calm.”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“In order to work with difficult outer circumstances, we need to gather our inner strength. If even ten or twenty minutes of meditation a day helps us to do this, let's go for it!”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“People Like Us Can Make a Difference THE WAY OF THE BODHISATTVA was composed in India over twelve centuries ago, yet it remains remarkably relevant for our times. This classic text, written by the Indian sage Shantideva, gives surprisingly up-to-date instructions for people like you and me to live sanely and openheartedly, even in a very troubled world. It is the essential guidebook for fledgling bodhisattvas, those spiritual warriors who long to alleviate suffering, their own and that of others.”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“This is the happiness of egolessness. It’s the joy of realizing there is no prison; there are only very strong habits, and no sane reason for strengthening them further. In essence these habits are insubstantial. Moreover, there is no solid self-identity or separateness. We’ve invented it all. It is this realization that we want for the endless multitudes of beings.”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva

“May bodhichitta, precious and sublime, Arise where it has not yet come to be; And where it has arisen may it not decline, But grow and flourish ever more and more. The”
― Pema Chödrön, No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva