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 before, but it is the key point of the entire path, so it bears repeating: All that we are looking for in life — all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind — is right here in the present moment. Our very own awareness is itself fundamentally pure and good. The only problem is that we get so caught up in the ups and downs of life that we don’t take the time to pause and notice what we already have.

Mingyur Rinpoche

from the book In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

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• Accepting whatever happens
• Within each one of us
• Boundless reality
• Nothing endures but change
• Vast and intimate
• Great news
• It’s how we relate to emotions
• Change yourself
• Upholding the lineage
• Anywhere, anytime
• Stay with what is
• Meditative awareness
• Beyond habitual patterns
• Replace longing with love
• The masks that hide our true selves
• The chattering voice in our heads
• Only with recognition
• Dying is rebirth
• Ego-grasping death comes before life