Bodhicitta is available in moments of caring for things, when we clean our glasses or brush our hair. Its available in moments of appreciation, when we notice the blue sky or pause and listen to the rain. It is available in moments of gratitude, when we recall a kindness or recognize another persons courage. It is available in music and dance, in art, and in poetry. Whenever we let go of holding on to ourselves, and look at the world around us, whenever we connect with sorrow, whenever we connect with joy, whenever we drop our resentment and complaint, in those moments bodhicitta is here.

Pema Chödron

from the book When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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Further quotes from the book When Things Fall Apart:

• Don’t Set Out to Save the World
• Fully alive
• No fresh air
• Becoming unstuck
• Abandoning hope
• Drive all blames into oneself
• What is in front of us right in the moment
• It’s just like that
• How are you
• Just being here again and again and again
• Cultivating Peace
• Disappointment
• Undoing of old ways of seeing
• Moving closer to the truth
• The perfect teacher
• The courage to look at ourselves honestly and gently
• Opening our hearts and minds beyond limit
• Awakening is essential
• Being with us
• The Possibility of Egolessness