You can break down the present into smaller and smaller increments, but between the instant of present experience and the instant you identify that instant as “now”, the moment has already passed. It is not longer now. It’s then.
Mingyur Rinpoche
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Further quotes from the book The Joy of Living :
- Your mind just as it is
- Being diligent
- Importance of the motivation
- The best part of all
- 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
- The best form of security
- Meditation on compassion
- The shining essence of our true nature
- What Buddhists mean by happiness
- Just observe it
- Setting the tone for your entire day
- Essentially good
- An experience of absolute well-being
- The need to look at the mind