Mingyur Rinpoche
Tibetan Buddhist teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages. Born in Nepal in 1975, the son of meditation master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, he has been an early collaborator with neuroscientists studying the effects of meditation on the brain. In 2011 he disappeared into a four-and-a-half-year wandering retreat — vanishing into Indian monasteries, caves, and streets — an experience he chronicled in In Love with the World. His teachings emphasize joyful awareness, the natural openness of mind, and the practice of basic happiness available right now.
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Quotes by Mingyur Rinpoche
97 quotes“Freedom isn't having no thoughts. It's not being captured by them.”
freedomIn Love with the World
“Awareness is the basis of everything.”
awarenessThe Joy of Living
“Recognizing nature of mind is recognizing the simplest thing in the universe.”
mindTurning Confusion into Clarity
“Every emotion, every experience is an invitation to awareness.”
awarenessIn Love with the World
“Joy is the natural quality of awareness.”
joyThe Joy of Living
“Meditation is just learning how to be friends with your own mind.”
friendshipThe Joy of Living
“Resting in awareness is your birthright.”
awarenessTurning Confusion into Clarity
“You are bigger than any of your thoughts.”
awarenessThe Joy of Living
“Suffering is not the enemy. Resistance to suffering is.”
sufferingIn Love with the World
“Recognize. Relax. Rest.”
meditationThe Joy of Living
“In awareness, even confusion becomes clarity.”
clarityTurning Confusion into Clarity
“There is no place where awareness is not.”
awarenessThe Joy of Living
“Worry is just a thought, like any other.”
worryThe Joy of Living
“Don't push thoughts away. Don't grab them. Just notice.”
thoughtsTurning Confusion into Clarity
“The mind is naturally clear. Like water, it can be temporarily muddied, but the clarity is always there.”
mindThe Joy of Living
“Compassion grows naturally when you recognize that suffering is universal.”
compassionTurning Confusion into Clarity
“Meditation isn't about feeling good. It's about being awake.”
meditationThe Joy of Living
“In Love with the World was my own teacher. Death and impermanence taught me to be alive.”
impermanenceIn Love with the World
“Don't try to stop your thoughts. Watch them go.”
thoughtsThe Joy of Living
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