By Serena Oppenheim — 2018
How Vedic Meditation helped me, and why it might help you.
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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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