Summary of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Eric Swanson's Joyful Wisdom

Sample Insights:

1) One of the central benefits of Buddhist meditation is using alarming and disturbing events and emotions to discover the strength and capability of the mind. Most people live in a state of implicit hopelessness because they disregard the need for reflection on daily events and passively accept their reality.

2) The culture of gaining material wealth leaves little space for the cultivation of inner qualities like compassion and patience. This makes people vulnerable in critical situations. Most people tend to use escapism and fail at finding peace in it. The Buddha, however, teaches to find peace in conditions of turmoil.