Buddhist practice guides us very gradually to let go of habitual assumptions and experiment with different questions and different points of view. Such a shift in perspective isn’t as difficult as it might seem.
Mingyur Rinpoche
from the book The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
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Further quotes from the book The Joy of Living:
- Oh, this is how my mind works
- Neither rejecting nor accepting
- Importance of the motivation
- Recognizing the inherent potential of your mind
- Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
- Just observe it
- Trying to do your best
- Meditation on compassion
- Setting the tone for your entire day
- Being diligent
- Your mind just as it is
- What Buddhists mean by happiness
- Thinking of yourself as limited
- The best part of all
- Essentially good
- An experience of absolute well-being
- The need to look at the mind
- Never disturbed
- Becoming aware
- Experiencing the unlimited nature of the mind