All Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Quotes
- Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. Affliction
- Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships. Bursts
- TO CUT THROUGH problems, we need problems. Cut
- Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want. Accomplish
- 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… Absolute
- 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 I… Change
- When you transform your mind, everything you experience is transformed. Experience
- 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… Ability
- 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… Accident
- 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… Advice
- The opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available. Always Available
- 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… Ability
- If you're determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do so.… Always Available
- The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter. Bring
- Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. Compassion
- 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… Ability
- 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,… Arise
- There's no difference between what is seen and the mind that sees it. Difference
- The mind is the source of all experience, and by changing the direction of the mind, we can change the quality of everything we experience. All
- All that we are looking for in life - all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind - is right here in the present moment. All