Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche - A Story of Relative Perception

An insightful and amusing real story about limitation of perception. Clip from "Mahamudra: Natural Mind (DVD)" by Mingyur Rinpoche, Recorded in August, 2007.

Mahamudra is the natural state of the mind: luminous, spacious, unhindered and free from dualistic concepts. In these talks, Mingyur Rinpoche provides a brilliant, engaging and accessible introduction to the practice of Mahamudra. With joy, humor and examples that are easily understandable by Western Students, Rinpoche explains the meaning of Mahamudra and reveals how it is that our failure to recognize our nature of mind causes us to suffer. He provides extensive practice instructions on objectless meditation and meditation with a variety of supports including mantra, visual objects, sound, thoughts and emotions. In talk four, Rinpoche presents an especially extensive and beneficial teaching on using pain as a support for meditation. For each practice he guides students through a practice session and answers students' questions about the practice. This teaching includes an extremely accessible explanation of Buddha-nature and emptiness.

More information at: http://www.mingyur.org/

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[luvelao]

this is really sad, rinpoche has not finish the idea but the video is finished....please post what is next...

[tenzing9]

It seems to me that he basically did "finish the idea" when said that this was an example of relative perception, and that the girl and man who thought he was a wax figure were not seeing things as they are.

But then perhaps my own perception isn't clear :}

[ecm0418]

Wow! He brings up some very interesting views. I am new to Buddhism, and I am looking to become more involved. After watching the film, My Reincarnation, I was really inspired to look into the religion. It is about a man who has been recognized to be the reincarnation of his father’s uncle who was a Dzogchen master, and it follows him through his journey of accepting his fate. It was a really inspiring documentary! bitly . com / s5 zU ze? r=bb

[Hoobifta]

I'm about to study Buddhism to know why I'm opposed to it, to understand Buddhism to know what Gautama is talking about, all the religions tempt me to follow them, but I don't give in to this, because I live agnostic and will die famous for my heroic efforts to be agnostic. Be strong, don't be sucked into religions contrary to your own.

[Buddhammaful]

So funny. I haven't laughed so much for some time

[closelynibbledgrass]

@hoezmagnet He is amazing

[CulturePeaceForever]

A person or animal could be walking past you in a very good mood.Likewise if you are in a good mood that other person or animal seems in a good mood.However,if you are grouchy,& walking past that person or animal which is happy,you will still see it as grouchy or angry because you are in that mood.

[Celeste9686]

Namo Mingyur Dorje Rinpoche !

[sleepingbuddhaT]

Great post, vey funny. Many blessings.

[bukekshiansu]

The map is not the territory. Our beliefs, Paradigms, Judgements, Models, are interpretation and generalisations from our experience, received through our five senses. If you take a look at arguments about religions, you will find that people or animals tend to respon their model of the world, not the reality itself.

[amapakto]

my understanding is, he just wanted to say that he is looks like the Dalai Lama. but for me that is his impossible dream