Recent Reflections of the Day

With Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

Tenzin Rinpoche continues to write frequent Reflections of the Day. As he explained when he began posting them last spring on Facebook: I try to share them here from a spacious, luminous, warm place in my heart. With each post, I pray: Whoever reads and reflects on these lines, may they benefit from them!

Don't let your mind age as your body ages. Allow your body to receive youthful energy from your eternal awareness.

If you wish to experience more healing space for the painful emotions in your life, learn to control others less and offer them more space.

Restrain yourself from acting impulsively. Rest quietly inside while breathing gently and deeply. This is a key to inner peace.

There is so much more to be learned from silence than from noise and chatter of others. But you need a silent ear through which to hear, and a silent mind through which to understand.

The best way to communicate and connect with others is to listen more than you speak.

Communication is not defined by how much we talk to each other but by how we touch the hearts of each other.

When you wake up each morning,
look at the sky and the light and feel the space and warmth in your heart.
Acknowledge all the gifts of your life.
How lucky and blessed you are!
Ask yourself: How am I going to bring these blessings to the lives of others?

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