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If it is better for me to be ill, Give me the energy to be ill. If it is better for me to recover, Give me the energy to recover. If it is better for me to die, Give me the energy to die.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche • In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
In Love with the World: What a Buddhist Monk Can Teach You About Living from Nearly Dying
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If we do not let ourselves die, we cannot be reborn. I learned that dying is rebirth. Death is life.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche • In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
attainment. To call him a tathagata, or one who appears as he truly is, is to indicate his nature.
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
from my favorite book, the Tao te Ching,
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self
the Buddha met each one with a present, tender, and spacious awareness.
Brad Stulberg • The Practice of Groundedness
Without faith in the capacity to regenerate, we cannot make the most of dying every day.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche • In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
The ideal approach is to give yourself the freedom to remember that whether your practice is good or not doesn’t really matter. The important point is the intention to meditate. That alone is enough.