Loving-kindness and compassion shine through the shutters in those moments when we spontaneously give aid or comfort to someone, not out of self-interest or thinking we might get something in return, but just because it seems the right thing to do.

Mingyur Rinpoche

from the book Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom

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• The possibilities within us
• Embracing the conditions that trouble us
• Meditation isn’t something separate from your life
• Beginning to identify with pristine awareness
• Bringing an end to suffering
• No greater inspiration
• Looking directly
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• Embracing the conditions that trouble us
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• Clarity 24/7
• Essence of all our experiences
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• Samsara is an expression of nirvana
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