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• The expectations you bring to meditation practice are often the greatest obstacles you will encounter.

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  Meditation Practice, Expectations, Encounters

  Eric Swanson, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2010). “The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness”, p.214, Random House

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• 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.

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  Buddhist, Compassion, Practice

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• TO CUT THROUGH problems, we need problems.

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  Cutting, Needs, Problem

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• When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others.

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  Desire, Seeing

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• Any daily activity can be used as an opportunity for meditation.

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  Opportunity, Daily Activities, Meditation

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• Practice is personal; no two people's experiences are alike.

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  Practice, Two, People

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• Emotional states are fairly quick bursts of neuronal gossip. Traits, on the other hand, are more like the neuronal equivalent of committed relationships.

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  Buddhist, Emotional, Hands

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• Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.

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  Mind, Want, Example

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• If everything were permanent, singular, or independent, nothing would change.

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  Independent, Permanent, Ifs

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2010). “Joyful Wisdom”, p.116, Random House

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• Though we may be genetically wired for temporary happiness, we've also been gifted with the ability to recognize within ourselves a more profound and lasting sense of confidence, peace, and well-being. Among sentient beings, human beings appear to stand alone in their ability to recognize the necessity to forge a bond between reason, emotion, and their instinct to survive, and in doing so create a universe-not only for themselves and the human generations that follow, but also for all creatures who feel pain, fear and suffering-in which we are all able to coexist contentedly and peaceably.

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  Pain, Profound, Suffering

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• Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has a remarkable ability to present the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings in a manner that is as fresh and accessible as it is profound. With Rebel Buddha, he goes straight to the core of the spiritual path, showing how the Buddha's liberating insights transcend race, religion, and culture. This book is sure to provoke, inspire, and move us one step closer to creating a thoroughly modern approach to spirituality.

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  Spiritual, Moving, Book

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• Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right with making such choices. The fruit of Buddhist practice is simply the recognition that these and other mental afflictions are nothing more or less than choices available to us because our real nature is infinite in scope.

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  Buddhist, Real, Ignorance

  Eric Swanson, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2010). “The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness”, p.249, Random House

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