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Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.

Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham
Age: 61
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Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.
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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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If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.
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There are no boundaries-only possibilities
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You need to become more genuine to who you are. So, people pushing you can help take you to the level where you really understand the principles and enter them into action.
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The most important thing is having the right mind - a mind that can see it. Once you have an open mind, you see a lot of auspicious coincidence taking place.
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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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I think there is a tendency for people to become more isolated as they move along a spiritual path. With more development, people get more isolated. Also, as they have more wealth, they get more isolated.
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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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We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.
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Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit - waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have.
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In looking for my mind, I discovered that it seems to be in many different places. Sometimes it is drinking a glass of water, remembering swimming in the summer, feeling the breeze. In this contemplation I observed that the self is more elusive than I thought.
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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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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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My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is.
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Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.
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Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.
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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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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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