1. “When we become fixed in our perceptions we lose our ability to fly.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
2. “Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
3. “Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
4. “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
5. “Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
6. “The opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
7. “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
8. “Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind’s unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
9. “If everything were permanent, singular, or independent, nothing would change.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
10. “We’re all buddhas. We just don’t recognize it.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
11. “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
12. “When you see your own desire to be happy, you can’t avoid seeing the same desire in others.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
13. “Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
14. “If we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
15. “Opportunity, Experience Yourself, Available” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
16. “Within our perceived weaknesses and imperfections lies the key to realizing our true strength.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
17. “When you transform your mind, everything you experience is transformed.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
18. “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
19. “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
20. “TO CUT THROUGH problems, we need problems.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
21. “Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
22. “The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
23. “There’s no difference between what is seen and the mind that sees it.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
24. “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
25. “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
26. “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
27. “Practice is personal; no two people’s experiences are alike.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
28. “If you’re determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do so. The opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
29. “It’s so easy to think that we’re the only ones who suffer, while other people are somehow immune to pain, as though they’d been born with some kind of special knowledge about being happy, that, through some cosmic accident, we never received. Thinking in this way, we make our own problems seem much bigger than they really are.” – Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche