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“If you can see the panic, you’re outside of the panic. If you can see the mountain, you’re outside of the mountain.” Love this so much

3 steps of practice to connect with awareness: 3:48 use an object/support 6:22 meditate everywhere, anytime, with anything 9:19 open awareness meditation

"be free, be present" I wish all humanity could understand this.

Such a lovely, free spirit. I wish there were more people like him

My teacher for the last 4 years. His method of mixing knowledge, wisdom, compassion, spirituality, awareness and humor is a big inspiration. 🙏

it's been more than a year since I first watched this, nearly all my bad habits and anything slightly toxic that I'd do have been utterly destroyed LMAO. goated advice from this humble soul.

When he dropped the beads, it was very powerful because I noticed my panic, and then not immediately going to pick it up was a learning moment for me. Super powerful practice for the beautiful mind.

I was lucky enough to meet Rinpoche just when he emerged from his wandering retreat In Sherabling monastery. His presence was incredibly powerful. He is a totally enlightened being but on top of that he is a humble decent man. No airs or graces about him, he genuinely wants the best for everyone he meets.

He shares the deepest wisdom to us as if he tells us a story about how he went to Wall Mart to buy a washing machine. It is so energizing, so enjoyable for me to listen to him. He is a main influence on me since 10 years. Thank you Rinpoche 🙏🏻

I have learnt much from Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche since 2019 thru his KZfaq channel, his lightheartedness is what ease me into the world of meditation.

GOOD JOB, Ted talk!!! Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is such a gem to this world. Putting him on here, to be able to reach millions with his enlightened wisdom, you’ve created such good karma by spreading the dharma. ♥️

He is truly carrying forward the legacy of his father, the great Dzogchen master Tulku Urgyen Rinponche.

What a great Master, he is the reason why I'm meditating. Since i said i wanna do something against my bad thoughts, depressed World, a stranger in my Body, not calculateable happenings in and outside, from horror to horror, anxiety ruled mind, panic by panic, felt lost in my borderless Imagination of hopelessness. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche gave me the courage. Just to sit down and to be with it, to stay friendly and to let it be as it is and now after 2 years. Meditating is a passion for me and these days are history. Now i'm living and loving the here and now. @all stay aware and keep care on oneself cultivate loving kindeness and compassion within and outer your world. 🧘

There is Humility, Humbleness , energy, positive vibes, joyful , life and Wisdom .. Thank you Master 🙏 Namo Buddha 💐 🙏

Not going to lie, I didn't know that pizza and meditation could go together. Life changing. Your eloquent rendering of meditation as a simple act of being present - seeing, hearing, feeling - is as refreshing as it is profound. It reminds us that the essence of meditation is not to silence the mind, but rather to tune in to the orchestra of our thoughts, feelings, and sensations, without trying to conduct or control them. I particularly resonate with your analogy of awareness being like the sky, ever-present and unchanging, while our thoughts and emotions are like transient storms. It echoes what I often discuss on my channel about the benefits of daily mindfulness, the practice of deliberately paying attention to our thoughts and feelings without judgement. Just as you said, it's not about stopping our thoughts or achieving a state of eternal bliss, but about recognizing and accepting our mental states as they are.

Everytime when i watched just feeling so touching

Meditation is about connecting with awareness. Such a meaningful topic ❤

He is a true meditator. His father was highly respected as an achieved meditator.

It's so beautiful that these monks come and teach us so many things and take out from our huge burdens and horrors without expecting anything in return always sweet and kind they give me the true essence of humanity ❤️ ❤❤

We are lucky to have such a teacher.

I'm not sure how many people in the audience actually got what he was talking about, but that 2nd step where you "watch" the river, mountain, panic, etc is metacognitive awareness which is a fairly advance meditative state where you can watch your thoughts etc arise and pass in quick successions without engaging in them.

"Don't flow with your thoughts otherwise you will end up getting lost in it instead be the observer".

Such clarity in words, taking in fact English isn’t his first language. Truly if you’ve clarity in mind language is just a vessel.

Been listening to this man’s videos the past year and loving it! Really helps! Yongey is awesome!

I knew him abt 10 years ago, and his face not aged at all. ❤

I love how the rinpoche broke something so complicated into simple terms and examples so that I could understand it. Thank you for the wisdom

‘Be free, be present’ powerful words. Thank you 🙏🏼

His holiness, Universe works in mysterious way. I so much needed to listen this advice. I bow down to you.

This is the part of human beings and I like this teacher.

Meditation is its own reward it allows one to be at peace with their thoughts and allows them to think rationally, I do do this and it helps me concentrate on my goals thanks Yongey

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche YOU ARE FULL OF LOVE, COMPASSION, JOY AND HAPPINESS...Thank you ....Thank you Ted Talk for being for wonderful...Thank you

Full of wisdom, but explained in a simple and inspired way! Feeling grateful and happy to share those feelings in the world.

I love the way Yongey monk explained how we do meditation and shared his funny and enlightened stories.

everyone must do VIPASSNA once in their lifetime..i am so blessed that i listen to my father and enroll myself in vipassna ..i feel so relieved..

This is what we all need to seek in life.. loved listening to him 💞❤️

amazing, so deep, is presented in simple explanation... so true... now so many meditation masters but live in lavish life, hopefully they too learn to let go their egos...

Love his humility ❤

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche , you're the best !

Wisdom is compact like gems, so the speech, glowing beyond its dimension.

I went on a ten-day meditation retreat taught by this guy. Good stuff! But then I went on a retreat taught by a westerner on the topic of :open Awareness" (which I did not know until just now was a Tibetan practice. It has been my experience that when Tibetans teach Tibetan Buddhism, it sounds very grounded and sensible, like this guy. But when westerners try to teach it, it sounds totally out there. This retriet was no exception. They kept saying "Sit but don't focus on any one thing" or "go outside and walk slowly back and forth, but don't be focused when you do it." This, of course, was the opposite of everything else3 I had been taught. Well, I don't know if this was their intention, and I don't think it was, but my mind rebelled by giving me strong, focused meditations. If they had told me to have strong, focused meditations, I probably would not have had so many of them.

what wise man! simple talk but with huge wisdom. from the time i start to mediation, i always wants to pursue joy and relax，and try to avoid any negative thoughts, now i realized, that accepting anything is the real wisdom.

Love the way he says Bala, Bala, Bala, yada, yada. Something about him is so soothing, so calming and brings a smile on my face

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

The last part of his open meditation awareness is really enlightened, seriously diff to explain but has full potential to transform one self like Buddha 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thank you 💐

Meditation is not ignorance it’s being present in the moment!

He got enlightened for sure🙏❤️

We need more like this kind of people who teach important and valuable things in most simplest ways. Thank you rinpoche 🙏🙏

Meditation is simply ❤

Long life his holiness Mingur Rinpoche 🙏🏼🌺🙏🏼🌸🙏🏼🌷🙏🏼🌹🙏🏼

Mingyur Rinpoche has been my meditation teacher for more than 10 years now, but every time I listen to him, even the most simplest things always sound new and full of valuable teachings.

I watched one of his video from 10 years ago and this man hasn't aged even a second. The power of meditation is incredible.

Seeing him, listening him is a bliss

I 've never heard such a lucid explanation on meditation. This is mind blowing and easy while being effective at the same time.

wow! he explained that so cleared and in a light flash. This is wonderful.

Such a lovely, free spirit

I had an interesting experience a few weeks ago. I had no intention to purposefully meditate while bathing, but here's what happened. I have a walk-in tub. It has jets in the back you can rest your back up against, below the seat at the back of your legs and in front of your legs near your shins. All around. I will submerge myself up to my chin off the seat. It's amazing. I have it nice and warn and all the jets on high. Once submerged I am aware of all the sensations of the warm water moving,the bubbles moving quickly around my body as I close my eyes. I relax and listen and feel everything with no distractions. It wasn't until I broke my awareness and sat on my seat that I was in a meditative state. I checked the time and a little over 30 minutes had passed. I see it as similar to listening to him ring the bowl 🥣. I had occasional thoughts pop in and out, but for the most part it was all about what I was feeling. I have meditated in the past mostly by watching my breath. I pay attention to my inhalation and exhalation. If I catch myself thinking I think "thoughts" and go back to my breath. This guy is wonderful. Amazing.

Thank you for your wisdom Yongey. I am new at this and I am committed to find the truth. It has not been easy, but I am happy with the journey I am having. I wish you all a life full of love, abundance and awareness.

Wow it was interesting to hear his experience about his sensing of his body getting decayed during meditation. In Buddha teachings and guidelines to final goal which is eternal liberation, it is marked as one of levels/ states practitioners will experience which means also getting closer to that goal compared to normal people/ beings. I’m amazed and grateful. Also learnt some from this video. Thank you Master and Ted ❤

🍀3 steps of practice to connect with awareness: 3:48 Step 1: We have to use an object, support, to connect with awareness. 6:22 Step 2: Actually we can meditate any where, any time with anything. 9:19 Step 3: open awareness meditation: Now no need to have support. Just be awareness itself. 🍀3 Benefits of the practice（In step 2): 1. Awareness: So now awareness becomes more than panic, more than depression, stress, monkey mind… what ever. Let them come, and let them go. 2. Wisdom comes. 1. When you look at panic, panic is not solid stone anymore. Panic becomes pieces: Sensation here(touch tummy) frightening image, voice, background belief. 2. If you take one of these away, you can not find panic. Panic becomes like shaving foam. Looks like a piece of rock, but inside full of bubbles. 3. Acceptance - self-kindness，self-love and self-compassion. You let panic come and go, that’s the real acceptance.

A true master of the mind!

Such golden information in just 11 minutes. Thank You !

Beautiful speech thank you TD TALK thank you mingjyur rinpochen

Love the way he puts his word so simple and beautiful - Our mind are like blue sky that are vast and beautiful. panics and thoughts are like a cloud to the sky. It doesn’t matter what or how many clouds comes and goes for sky. Its on you that need to connect that blue vast sky with those clouds. Be awareness, be presence. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Dandapani, this is a profound exploration of the mind's complexities. Your insights are like a breath of fresh air in the age of distraction. Lisa Haisha, an incredible life coach truly appreciate the depth of your understanding during our recent retreat she really appreciate your greatness. Your ability to dissect and address this common challenge is commendable, and I'm grateful for the clarity you bring to the topic.

Thoughts support my meditation. They are my teacher. They are my friends 🙏🏻✨ Thank you for that ❤️

great to see him on TED!! ive been watching and reading about YMR for around 2 or 3 years. many people claim they will help you on the internet, but they are full of bs. THIS is the only person who has actually changed my life for the better. thank u so much mr yongey mingyur rinpoche

Thank u so much rinpoche...everytime i listen to u...my doubts get clear

its like watching a movie, then realizing you're watching a movie. Becoming an observer.

INDIA 🇮🇳 do have treasure of yoga & meditation since ages. Unfortunately new generation of India is inclined toward western culture as its a developing nation but people from developed countries are coming to India to learn yoga & meditation as they have all wealth & power but lack peace & satisfaction...Life is like a circle we get back to the point from where we have started . The more we collect the more we suffer. Simple life is the 🔑 key to happiness ladies & gentlemen. 😇

Alan Watts has an excellent discussion of how to enter the meditative state by listening - I use it regularly as some have put it on KZfaq with different music. I tried so many techniques with varying degrees of "success" but this instruction to use the ears to connect with awareness is damn near foolproof.

Helpful, thank you so much 🙏🏻🌹✨🙏🏻

He is super genuine about the practice. A fresh talk aboutthe practice.

Love the imagery of the sky and mountain.

I came to know Yongey in 2020 during covid19 pandemic through KZfaq, that was my first encounter of meditation. since then I have been practicing meditation and the benefits are so priceless. I'm more aware of myself which gives me space before I respond so I can decide what wise actions to take. Thank you so much Yongey and You Tube.

I liked it especially the dramatic one!

Just be awareness itself. Beautiful

It's incredible how tapping into our own consciousness can bring so much clarity and transformation to our lives. The practical tips and insights shared here are invaluable. Thank you for sharing this enlightening content!

I'm mindblown!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I can't recommend his book enough "In Love With the World." I listened to it on audible

Wow this was didn’t expect the depth of message that gave in the end❤

So grateful to be able to catch this. Thank you!

He is pure gold 🌌💟

I've been trying to put this into such simple words. Thank you! I promise to try and water the seeds of awareness in myself everyday! Grace, Presence, kindness.

Excellent. Merci.

Thank you for this teaching!!!

It makes me happy seeing how humanity is collectively waking up, we must not use this for selfish gains but we must be diligent in helping others, otherwise we are like robbers

Ma, thank you for your wisdom and your love 🙏✨

I manage to completely quiet my thoughts and that’s how I CONNECTED with awareness. Very difficult to accomplish but I did! Then immediately after that I had an awaking that to this day change my life.

you know one is a master when he can explain complex thing simply

Love your stuff kick on love it 👍

Thanks for motivation. Very soothing.

Mingur is awesome person

It is the knowing mind. I know that I am in pain. Or smell, hear, feel, think. So who are we really if there is always something inside us that can observe everything? It is pure, always there, and non-judgmental. And when we are in that awareness, we are already not the person with the pain.

Ohh my godness my favourite monk on the stage of TED X I always love to spread Buddhism and my favourite monk yongey Mingyur Rinpoche sir ❤

Thee best, informative video I’ve seen about meditation. I’m so thankful to have found this video. Absolutely beautiful 🙏🏾🙌🏾

This man is the embodiment of so many virtues but what strikes me most is his *pure authenticity.* I'm not sure I've ever seen someone on the TED Stage with less ego. Even among the blind, the maimed and those with horrendously severe (or terminal) phisiological disorders thst have spoken with powerful effect on overcoming adversity. There's something alien about him. He makes me laugh every time I see him. Even when he's almost certainly not intending to be funny. Initially, I thought "he reminds me of a human Yoda." I suppose because he has both the visceral presence of wisdom and that characteristic vocal register shift between high and low tones so common in Nepalese/Tibetan monks. Then I realized it was something far more remarkable. I was fortunate enough to go on a safari some years ago and its an experience that *never* leaves you. I was actually not all that excited to go as I thought "I can see all these animals at the San Diego Zoo if I want or see them in an unprecedented up close way on the Animal Planet Series." Yet, when you're in an open air vehicle within feet (sometimes inches) of lions, leopards, elephant, cape Buffalo, giraffe and all the other fauna, the effect is beyond words but magical, mesmerizing and spellbinding come close. To see the behavioral differences between animals in their natural habitats versus those in artificial environmental enclosures or cages at zoos is to witness one of the most stark contrasts in the behavior of any living creatures including humans. Therefore, what occurred to me, the thing I found so "alien" about this man is that he is so devoid of ego and societal domestication, he is the perfect candidate by which we may juxtapose as entrenched members of society, a "free man." He lives amongt us, walks amongst us, but whilst we live in and believe in the absolute reality of our respective physical and mental "zoos," (or physical and mental artificial environmental enclosures) he in contrast lives in the "natural habitat" or the wild and is therefore free. Imagine being catapulted into international acclaim for writing your story, earning a substantial sum from those books, then habing the wisdom to recognize the emergence of what was to him somewhat of a foreign entity, the tell tale signs of rapidly growing ego. Then, after having gone from rags to riches (rags meaning Buddhist monks aren't exactly known for raking in high salaries...rather a room some meals and perhaps a stipend...but im not sure about that) to giving it all away to go live on the streets of India as a beggar. I studied abroad in India and I can tell you now, its just about the last place on Earth one would want to be compelled to beyond an active war zone. It's evident that that experience, of going through the experience of extreme food illness (which when *he* says he nearly died you better believe it) and came out the other end, without animosity or regret but all contrary virtues. Love for the mere joyful awareness of being alive. Love for the nearby trees, the passerbys, the interconnectedness of this living Earth, and that blue sky where he sees the limitless field of awareness reflected above as it is below. What an astonishing man!

Thank you.

I love him -I absolutely love him. Perfect combination of humor & understanding. Best qualities in a teacher!