Top 29 Mingyur Rinpoche Quotes
#1. Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#2. For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth
Bo Bennett
#3. Meditation is really quite simple. All we have to do is embrace each experience with awareness and open our hearts fully to the present moment. When we are completely at ease with our own being, the ripples of awareness naturally spread out in all directions, touching the lives of everyone we meet.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#5. Simply notice that you're aware. At any given moment, you can choose to follow the chain of thoughts, emotions, and sensations that reinforce a perception of yourself as vulnerable and limited, or to remember that your true nature is pure, unconditioned, and incapable of being harmed.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#6. If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors ... I'd never have stuck it out. But having such complete success at the beginning, I was stuck with being an actor for life.
Harry Morgan
#7. I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.
John Wooden
#9. The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#13. All that we are looking for in life - all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind - is right here in the present moment.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#14. Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#15. The mind is the source of all experience, and by changing the direction of the mind, we can change the quality of everything we experience.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#17. Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. It's always with us. It always has been, and always will be. When it arises in us, we've simply learned to see how strong and safe we really are.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#18. Meditation is actually a very simple exercise in resting in the natural state of your present mind, and allowing yourself to be simply and clearly present to whatever thoughts, sensations, or emotions occur.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#19. So overall, though my life is far from perfect, I'm contented with it. And in a peculiar way, I'm grateful for the troubling emotions I experienced. The obstacles we face in life can provide powerful incentives for change.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#20. Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#21. The best part of all is that no matter how long you practice, or what method you use, every technique of Buddhist meditation ultimately generates compassion.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#22. Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.
Janet Yellen
#23. If we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#24. God created black people and black people created style.
George C. Wolfe
#25. When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
#26. I do not approach my life tactfully at all, i'm incredibly impulsive and I am definitely an intense weirdo. I love living and I love people. They trip me out and I want to know more about them all the time. That isn't something I can turn off and on.
Kristen Stewart
#27. Hey, I'm serious here? Why do you have to ask me how many hits I have?
Adam Dunn
#28. Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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