How to Tap into Your Awareness | Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche | TED

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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Not good description

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[@user-jp8ml7hc3h]

Not complicated unless you make it complicated💎💎💎💎💎🙏🙏❤️😎

[@ashleym.9900]

“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

[@sydneyhollebone2603]

Thank you for this! I've always found myself hyper aware of my mental illnesses i.e. agoraphobia, acute anxiety and generalized persistent anxiety, ptsd/trauma and adhd. This brings so much understanding to why my mind does this, I always thought it was my mind trying to cope and now I know why!!

[@karmapakhyeno]

Great Wisdom！Isn’t it

[@LauraDiamondWise]

Perfect. This could not have come to me at a better time 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@_lost._.zeny_]

I remember this as a third person perspective

[@elifineart]

If you connect to this concept look into a technique (or way of understanding) called "Drig Drishya Viveka" from the Hindu school of Advaita Vedanta.

[@Althamenes]

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

[@robertwilson822]

Then become like him, and then there will be more like him 😉🙏

[@doanphuong1325]

@@robertwilson822❤❤❤

[@davidholaday2817]

You can be like him and persuade others to be like him as well.

[@jatinpandey8676]

​@@robertwilson822 true..never find n excuse to become better of our previous self

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

@@robertwilson822my exact answer too

[@storkonstage]

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

[@wordsfrompositive9443]

What is meditation?

[@arn3107]

​@@wordsfrompositive9443 did you not watch the video my friend

[@gameeboee2614]

@@wordsfrompositive9443 awarness is essence of meditation thats it

[@divinusmaximus1315]

Has he taught you that smoking is bad during meditation...?

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

So wonderful to have you in our community 🥰

[@hansenmarc]

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

[@kaluvamaddhusudhanrao8457]

Nise na

[@Emoechaiti]

The last one seems like intentional dopamine deprivation for finding pleasure in regular stuff.

[@ErnestineSantiago]

Thank you

[@start_newmoments]

Thank you for writing this

[@samuelepelisseri]

@@Emoechaitiit’s not

[@Pl4sm0]

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

[@XerosXIII]

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

[@dibberdabber6217]

A great master

[@ursulamalebomolefe6623]

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[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

Thank you. Our beloved teacher is light-hearted ❤️

[@andrewkooper5856]

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.

[@denissheehan1557]

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.

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

What a beautiful way to describe our beloved teacher 💓

[@Yetipfote]

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 🙏🏻

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

What a great way to describe it in the contemporary world 🌎🥰

[@ryrypk]

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.

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

So happy for you.

[@marcusrex174]

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. ♥️

[@rifaaprilia873]

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

[@dancingnachos3634]

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

[@parismony]

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

[@tenzind4175]

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

[@lawcch]

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

[@karmadekye1262]

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

[@dvghf123]

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 ❤️ ❤❤

[@sharayutravels]

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

[@gauravsinghbedi6536]

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

[@klausbaur2306]

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. 🧘

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

So happy for you 💓

[@klausbaur2306]

@@TergarMeditationCommunity thank you 🥰 and your community to cultivating and spreading his teachings on youtube.

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

@@klausbaur2306 bless you!

[@esfsefefsfes]

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

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

We are so happy to hear.

[@creativemissmandrivasatori2941]

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...

[@vivekldamani]

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

[@MGW2610]

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

[@sugibourne8888]

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

[@loqueviene383]

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.

[@tarunroy1773]

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

[@vitaomega386]

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

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

Truly his gift.

[@SKGLT]

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

[@AdityaSingh-wj2rx]

Such golden information in just 11 minutes. Thank You !

[@jit453]

He got enlightened for sure🙏❤️

[@david.thomas.108]

We are lucky to have such a teacher.

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

Surely! Big hugs.

[@circussounds855]

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

[@TenzWang88]

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

[@asankasiriwardena3383]

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

[@palashmatt1435]

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

[@HotelSanMarco-cx9qs]

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche , you're the best !

[@Tsechen287]

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.

[@OverJam52]

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.

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

So beautiful to have you in our community.

[@SnjGrgChannel]

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. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@djoniebie]

no thing to do, no thing to be, no where to go, no one to get, just calmness, peace, awareness, tranquility, serenity --- not even words nor no words

[@charmjasmi]

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 ❤

[@TakunmusicChannel]

Such a lovely, free spirit

[@DexterMag-aso]

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.

[@awesomestuffies]

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

[@bhavneetsinghkalsi]

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

[@micromatters]

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.

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

So happy for you. Thank you for your beautiful words.

[@parismony]

Everytime when i watched just feeling so touching

[@ashlee4271]

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.

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

Big hugs to you!

[@ligiasommers]

Helpful, thank you so much 🙏🏻🌹✨🙏🏻

[@Pleasant_moment]

Beautiful speech thank you TD TALK thank you mingjyur rinpochen

[@Ansh-vajra]

Seeing him, listening him is a bliss

[@QuantumlyILL]

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.

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

Blessings

[@LessStressMoreJoy]

Love the imagery of the sky and mountain.

[@siamosoloumani]

I liked it especially the dramatic one!

[@takumifujiwara2073]

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

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

Thank you for being part of our community.

[@knightx9405]

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

[@milascave2]

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.

[@tsheringwangmo7078]

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

[@AdamHMortimer]

A true master of the mind!

[@roseleenezackariyas6257]

Wow.. The best so far

[@KnightSlasher]

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

[@donpula6349]

Yes, also it allowed to free ypur spirituality in a positive way.

[@donsilastv4923]

I wish I was paid more

[@produccionesdebajosrecurso7451]

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

[@PeriwinklePotter]

I'm mindblown!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jenmdawg]

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 KZbin 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.

[@SANYAMJAINSam]

Wonderfully shared a ton of information in such a simple manner! ❤️

[@mireillegalleron8796]

Excellent. Merci.

[@zenvibesforyou]

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!

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

So happy to hear :-) Much love from our community.

[@meera-mairui]

Love you Bro 🌈🤣❣you are so good to share your experience and wisdom about how to deal with our🐒mind. Thanks for your joyful teaching 🌻🐞

[@maapaa2010]

Just be awareness itself. Beautiful

[@denny5977]

I came to know Yongey in 2020 during covid19 pandemic through KZbin, 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.

[@ngawangtsamchoe7747]

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

[@yamachoedon3092]

Meditation is simply ❤

[@ashleym.9900]

Love his humility ❤

[@Shalom99143]

Where there's God the Holy Spirit rules, Humility is there n not in unbeliver's spirits. ops

[@questiondoneit2717]

@Zadk No, No, don't be judgemental with your biased wrong perception.

[@Laffingbooda777]

@@Shalom99143 ... Walk modestly with God ... Not sacrifices ... 🙏

[@Shalom99143]

Jesus means Humility n not an idol's man. ops

[@Shalom99143]

Christ Jesus is only Humility n the rests are fake humility n without Spirit of Christ means deceptions. ops

[@Yakuo]

Thank you for this teaching!!!

[@drop_t0p_p0rche28]

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

[@TergarMeditationCommunity]

So happy for you.

[@tomcruze0071]

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 💐

[@uncomfortabletruths7990]

Can u plz try to explain it for me

[@tomcruze0071]

@@uncomfortabletruths7990 - Right from Veda to Upanishad’s and Gita it has been mentioned that self is pure awareness bliss. You are not mind your are not body you are not emotions but pure awareness or complete state of witness. It is due to maya or error or lack of awareness this realization is missing. But with this practice e played at the end you are trying to be experiencing the state of witnessing. Now with more such practice the intellectual enlightenment transformed to experiential enlightenment changing the entire life. Yogis remain in full bliss state and gains power to deal with any situation no matter it is inhuman.

[@prashantsingh7790]

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..

[@dannacadena8811]

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

[@stewartthomas2642]

Love your stuff kick on love it 👍

[@rafid9399]

Loved it shared w my friend who has panick attacks

[@eSKAone-]

He is pure gold 🌌💟

[@nagmakhan8201]

Thankyou TED for such a wonderful TED TALK

[@pramilaverma2618]

Thanks for motivation. Very soothing.

[@irissilva8659]

I really loved this video 👏🏽👏🏽

[@DuongTran-mh7ci]

Very helpful, easy to understand enabling you to see the essence of meditation and what is and is not meditation. Thank you!

[@PeterFnPorker]

this is profound insight, Thank you

[@lifefutile7974]

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 ❤

[@ritaraniwala9084]

Loved it ! Simple funny and innocent wisdom . Open awareness meditation .

[@1dog915]

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

[@blythehadleyhanson]

I just got a notification that my history teacher added this video to her Google classroom so I am excited to see what is in store for me at school tomorrow morning! I love doing meditations at school

[@M5Chicatto]

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.

[@daisym4660]

This best video I seen explaing how to be present.

[@martincremer1422]

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!

[@Mischa337]

Thank you Mingyur 🤎 awareness is the key 🍀🌼🌾🤎

[@orismj]

Brilliant!

[@achalalokugamage]

I have been searching for "Sathipattana" Sutta since this morning and out of all the over an hour videos, just found this 10 mnt speech that nailed it. I can be listening to this every now and then now when I need to reset. Thank you !

[@raphae-landres]

This is so cool, thank you

[@spiritfilledacosta]

This is a good Ted talk.💯🔥