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Direct expansion of the heart ~ Mingyur Rinpoche

Direct expansion of the heart ~ Mingyur Rinpoche was last modified: April 2nd, 2015 by dorjeduck

The Buddhist understanding of compassion is, in some ways, a bit different from the ordinary sense of the word. For Buddhists, compassion doesn’t simply mean feeling sorry for other people. The Tibetan term – nying-jay – implies an utterly direct expansion of the heart.


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:

  • What Buddhists mean by happiness
  • Thinking of yourself as limited
  • The best part of all
  • 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
  • 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


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