How to tap into your awareness -- and why meditation is easier than you think | Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

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🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Meditation asks you to slip into a state of serene presence. But why does something that sounds effortless often feel so difficult? In this lighthearted invitation, spiritual leader Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares three steps to help you accept the ebb and flow of your emotions and learn to meditate anytime, anywhere.

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0:06.7	Today, a lively talk from a monk about how to get into meditation without overthinking
0:11.6	it.
0:12.6	In his talk from Ted 2022, spiritual leader, young, Mingyuan Rinpoche, bust the mists about
0:19.1	meditation to make it easier for you to get started if you're not already practicing
0:23.7	this kind of awareness regularly.
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