Meditation and a Busy Lifestyle: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Here’s a new video from Mingyur Rinpoche, founder of Bodhgaya’s giant Tergar Monastery and author of numerous widely praised books on Buddhist practice including The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness and Joyful Wisdom: Embracing Change and Finding Freedom. In August I posted his video on the topic: “I’m Too Lazy to Start a Meditation Practice.”

As I wrote then: “substitute “Busy” for “Lazy” and I think we’ll have most of the non-meditating world covered.”

And as chance would have it, Mingyur Rinpoche’s very next video was addressed specifically to those of us with a busy lifestyle.

Speaking to the busy person, he discusses ways of bringing meditation to the busy life. For instance, with children, you can develop love and compassion as you tries to understand your children deeply. You can also develop patience with them so that you can guide them: not letting them do just whatever they want, but also not being mean toward them.

By just developing this 1%, he concludes, it will help you in the future so that an obstacle can become an opportunity.

Sound advice, for sure.

For more wisdom on starting a meditation practice (but first a laugh) check out:

• F*ck that: A Guided Meditation (humor)
• Dan Harris on mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhism
• Dharma Punx teacher Josh Korda on Buddhism, psychology, mindfulness, and his upcoming retreat