The Buddha said that all conscious beings possess an enlightened nature. _x000D_ _x000D_ Because of that, we have this natural purity, peacefulness and power. _x000D_ _x000D_ We can rest the mind naturally because we are already in possession of these qualities. _x000D_ _x000D_ If one can rest the mind naturally, that's the best meditation.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that all beings inherently possess qualities of enlightenment, peace, and power, suggesting that true meditation comes from acknowledging this natural state.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's quote highlights the concept that every conscious being has an innate enlightened nature, characterized by purity, tranquility, and inner strength. It implies that rather than seeking these qualities externally or through complex practices, one can find peace and clarity by simply recognizing and resting in the natural state of their own mind. This realization is presented as the essence of true meditation, which requires no elaborate techniques but rather an acceptance of our inherent nature.
In practice
This quote can be used in a meditation workshop to inspire participants about their intrinsic qualities.
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.
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.
There's no difference between what is seen and the mind that sees it.
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.
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.
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.
Rather than going after our walls and barriers with a sledgehammer, we pay attention to them. With gentleness and honesty, we move closer to those walls. We touch them and smell them and get to know them well. We begin a process of acknowledging our aversions and our cravings. We become familiar with the strategies and beliefs we use to build the walls: What are the stories I tell myself? What repels me and what attracts me? We start to get curious about what’s going on.
They say geniuses mostly have great mothers. They mostly have sad fates.
Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
People are afraid, very much afraid of those who know themselves. They have a certain power, a certain aura and a certain magnetism.
The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.
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