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Moving Beyond Meditation
By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche — 2010
Grounded in our formal practice of meditation, we can relax into the vast, open awareness that is our ultimate nature. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche tells the story of his own introduction to the Great Perfection.
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