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.
They were small, brightly coloured, happy little creatures who secreted some of the nastiest toxins in the world, which is why the job of looking after the large vivarium where they happily passed their days was given to first-year students, on the basis that if they got things wrong there wouldn't be too much education wasted.
I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.
Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.
Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.
Honesty allows us to live with not knowing. We do not know the full story; we do not know where we are in the story. We do not know who, ultimately, is at fault or who will carry the blame in the end.
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