"Any attempt to capture the direct experience of……" — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
"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."
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26 Quotes by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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