Temples and stupas — buildings that house sacred relics — reflect the heart and mind of the Buddha. Respecting outside forms of Buddha nourishes our own innate wisdom. Yet the true buddha, the awakened essence of mind, exists within each one of us.
Mingyur Rinpoche
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Further quotes from the book In Love with the World :
- Fundamentally pure and good
- 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
- Spacious awareness
- Identifying the sickness for ourselves
- Stretching a bit further
- Facing suffering
- Short moments, many times
- Awareness contains impermanence
- The source of what we like or do not like
- Reverse activity
- Accepting whatever happens
- Boundless reality
- Nothing endures but change
- Vast and intimate