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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: 61
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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 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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The principles of Buddhism and Shambhala can be effective in helping the course of what is happening in the world.
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Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the personal windhorse, or the energy of the individual, so a person has good fortitude to be able to live a good life.
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Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness.
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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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This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.
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Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.
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Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.
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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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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 amazing is how stuck people are in their own habits. It is really hard to get people out of their habits. But once they shift, it also is amazing how rapid the progress can be.
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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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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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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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Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road, they themselves learned from and studied a book.
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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 most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.
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