Meditation is actually a very simple exercise in resting in the natural state of your present mind, and allowing yourself to be simply and clearly present to whatever thoughts, sensations, or emotions occur. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche More Quotes by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche More Quotes From Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche You don't want to block your thoughts, emotions, and so on; nor do you want to chase after them. If you chase after them, if you let them lead you, they begin to define you, and you lose your ability to respond openly and spontaneously in the present moment. On the other hand, if you attempt to block your thoughts, your mind can become quite tight and small. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche block mind hands It’s so easy to think that we’re the only ones who suffer, while other people are somehow immune to pain, as though they’d been born with some kind of special knowledge about being happy, that, through some cosmic accident, we never received. Thinking in this way, we make our own problems seem much bigger than they really are. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche pain people thinking If everything were permanent, singular, or independent, nothing would change. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche independent permanent ifs Practice is personal; no two people's experiences are alike. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche practice two people The Buddha said that all conscious beings possess an enlightened nature. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche quality meditation mind The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche meditation-practice encounters expectations Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh and accessible as it is profound. With Rebel Buddha, he goes straight to the core of the spiritual path, showing how the Buddha's liberating insights transcend race, religion, and culture. This book is sure to provoke, inspire, and move us one step closer to creating a thoroughly modern approach to spirituality. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche spiritual book moving We're all buddhas. We just don't recognize it. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche buddhism Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right with making such choices. The fruit of Buddhist practice is simply the recognition that these and other mental afflictions are nothing more or less than choices available to us because our real nature is infinite in scope. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche buddhist ignorance real Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche buddhist emotional hands When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche seeing desire The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist meditation ultimately generates compassion. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche buddhist compassion practice Though we may be genetically wired for temporary happiness, we've also been gifted with the ability to recognize within ourselves a more profound and lasting sense of confidence, peace, and well-being. Among sentient beings, human beings appear to stand alone in their ability to recognize the necessity to forge a bond between reason, emotion, and their instinct to survive, and in doing so create a universe-not only for themselves and the human generations that follow, but also for all creatures who feel pain, fear and suffering-in which we are all able to coexist contentedly and peaceably. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche pain suffering profound TO CUT THROUGH problems, we need problems. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche cutting problem needs Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche daily-activities meditation opportunity Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche example mind want
