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Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham
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A lot of times people do spiritual practice just for themselves. I try to turn that a little bit. I try to make spiritual practice more a part of the community. I write about infusing people with compassion.
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Poetry is a language for when you can't quite write prose about something, you can't quite say it, but if you do a poem, it kind of gets to the point.
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Shambhala existed in Tibet and has been continued over the years, and now it is in the West. At its core, it is very much dedicated to the basic theme of benefiting others.
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Every moment of our life is important.
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When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.
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Sometimes it seems like most people are being pulled into a negative energy, but then you meet strong individuals or strong leaders and they are free from it.
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The notion of auspiciousness is something positive, something with forward momentum, coming out of our actions.
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If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.
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You need to eat well, sleep well, and have a roof over your head, but don’t go much further than that before extending yourself to others.
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I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.
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Your life and your practice should not be separate. You bring your practice into experience. You bring it about.
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Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.
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When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.
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When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person.
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To shift the direction of our planet, we must now be willing to experiment with the theory that within the speed and stress, we are good.
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The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.
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Running and meditation are very personal activities. Therefore they are lonely. This loneliness is one of their best qualities because it strengthens our incentive to motivate ourselves.
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A lot of people talk about the spirituality of Buddhism, and it is a spiritual discipline. But in Shambhala there also is a notion that you have to be synchronized with both heaven and earth.
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What distinguishes Shambhala is its intention of trying to create a society based upon certain principles. So, Shambhala's focus is not just on the individual, but on society as a whole.
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The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.
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