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Written by Christian Kohl
// Saturday, 22 September 2012 19:35

Christian Kohl

Mingyur Rinpoche about the essence of meditation - part 1

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This is the first of two videos where Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche discusses the essence of meditation. I find it especially inspiring how meditation helped him to overcome the panic attacks and anxiety that haunted him during his youth.

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