Whether we’re analyzing material objects, time, our “self,” or our mind, eventually we reach a point where we realize that our analysis breaks down. At that point our search for something irreducible finally collapses. In that moment, when we give up looking for something absolute, we gain our first taste of emptiness, the infinite, indefinable essence of reality as it is.
Mingyur Rinpoche
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Further quotes from the book The Joy of Living :
- 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
- 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
- Essentially good
- An experience of absolute well-being
- The need to look at the mind
- Never disturbed
- Becoming aware