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If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.

Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham
Age: 62
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Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results.
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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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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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Our only reliable source of strength is the goodness of our hearts. Our only foundation for coming to terms with the suffering of the times is our innate need to be decent human beings.
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What is my great wish and intention, is to make a base of compassion and to encourage people to work to shift the energy.
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The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme.
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In a speedy and aggressive culture, we need different principles to live by-bravery and insight. The first moment of bravery is building trust in the mind, which we do in meditation. When we know how to create peace in our own mind, we can transform the world.
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If we can feel confident in our goodness, it will illuminate our life and society
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The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without these abilities, we cannot function. When we drink a glass of water, drive a car, or have a conversation, we are using mindfulness and awareness.
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The notion of auspiciousness is something positive, something with forward momentum, coming out of our actions.
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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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If we cut speed and relax with what’s going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about.
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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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My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is.
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This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.
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There are no boundaries-only possibilities
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If we are going to live in a society, there has to be an attitude where people really do care for others.
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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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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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For me, language and how I use it are very important. I held back on doing a poetry book, walking the fine line between trying to be helpful and just putting more junk out there.
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