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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (/ˈjɒŋɡeɪ/; born 1975) is a Tibetan teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He has authored two best-selling books and oversees the Tergar Meditation Community, a global network of Buddhist meditation centers.

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Meditation is really quite simple. All we have to do is embrace each experience with awareness and open our hearts fully to the present moment. When we are completely at ease with our own being, the ripples of awareness naturally spread out in all directions, touching the lives of everyone we meet.

Awareness, Heart, Meditation, Meet, Moment, Simple

Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind.

Body, Created, Decision, Happiness, Mind, Primarily

Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.

Down, Happiness, Happy, Inspirational, Mental, Ruled

TO CUT THROUGH problems, we need problems.

Cut, Cutting, Needs, Problem, Problems

If we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion.

Compassion, Situation, Whole, Would Be

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.

Afflictions, Buddhist, Choices, Desire, Ignorance, Real

Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said is that it is immeasurably peaceful and, once stabilized through repeated experience, virtually unshakable. It's an experience of absolute well-being that radiates through all physical, emotional and mental states-even those that might ordinarily be labeled as unpleasant.

Attempt, Emotional, Mind, Peaceful, Physical, Repeated

Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation.

Activity, Daily, Daily Activities, Meditation, Opportunity, Used

Simply notice that you're aware. At any given moment, you can choose to follow the chain of thoughts, emotions, and sensations that reinforce a perception of yourself as vulnerable and limited, or to remember that your true nature is pure, unconditioned, and incapable of being harmed.

Aware, Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Notice, Unconditioned, Yoga Practice

Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength.

Imperfection, Keys, Lying, Perceived, Realizing, Strength

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.

Cosmic, Happy, Immune, Pain, People, Thinking

If everything were permanent, singular, or independent, nothing would change.

Change, Everything, Ifs, Independent, Permanent

In parting, I would like to give you one small piece of advice to keep in your heart. You may have heard me say this before, but it is the key point of the entire path, so it bears repeating: All that we are looking for in life — all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind — is right here in the present moment. Our very own awareness is itself fundamentally pure and good. The only problem is that we get so caught up in the ups and downs of life that we don’t take the time to pause and notice what we already have.

Giving, Good, Heart, Keys, Mind, Small

The opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available.

Available, Differently, Experience, Experience Yourself, Opportunity

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.

Buddhist, Compassion, Practice, Ultimately

Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. It's always with us. It always has been, and always will be. When it arises in us, we've simply learned to see how strong and safe we really are.

Compassion, Heart, Simply, Spontaneous, Strong

The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.

Encounter, Encounters, Expectations, Meditation Practice, Practice

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.

Example, Mind, Natural, Recognizing, Want

We're all buddhas. We just don't recognize it.

Buddhism, Buddhas, Recognize

When we become fixed in our perceptions we lose our ability to fly.

Ability, Become, Fixed, Lose, Perception

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