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… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
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… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Meditation is actually a very simple exercise in resting in the natural state of your present mind, and allowing yourself to be simply and… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
So overall, though my life is far from perfect, I'm contented with it. And in a peculiar way, I'm grateful for the troubling emotions… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“We choose ignorance because we can . We choose awareness because we can . Samsara and nirvana are simply different points of view based on the choices we make in how to examine and understand our experience. There’s nothing magical about nirvana and nothing bad or wrong about samsara. If you’re determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable,… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share
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. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share
Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The mind is the source of all experience, and by changing the direction of the mind, we can change the quality of everything we… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
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… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
