When you begin to recognize perceptions as nothing more than fleeting, circumstantial events, they don’t weigh as heavily on you, and the whole dualistic structure of “self” and “other” begins to soften.
Mingyur Rinpoche
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Further quotes from the book The Joy of Living :
- Recognizing the inherent potential of your mind
- Oh, this is how my mind works
- Neither rejecting nor accepting
- Trying to do your best
- Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
- The practice of simply observing
- Thinking of yourself as limited
- Meditation on compassion
- What Buddhists mean by happiness
- Just observe it
- Setting the tone for your entire day
- Your mind just as it is
- Being diligent
- Importance of the motivation
- The best part of all
- Essentially good
- An experience of absolute well-being
- The need to look at the mind
- Never disturbed
- Becoming aware