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Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.
Sakyong Mipham
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Sakyong Mipham
Age: 61
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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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Each of us holds human destiny in our hands. It will be completely determined by how the mind feels about itself.
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A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. That is not quite working. One of the things I try to emphasize is contemplative meditation - bringing your thought and intention into meditation.
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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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Every moment of our life is important.
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What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and to not think when we don’t want to.
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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 can feel confident in our goodness, it will illuminate our life and society
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When I was going into one of my first meditation retreats, I asked my father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, for some advice. He said, How you act when you're alone affects the rest of your life. Even in solitude, the ruler engages in virtue.
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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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Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of wisdom and freedom.
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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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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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Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.
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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 see life as an opportunity, or if you see helping others as an opportunity, then all of a sudden you become joyous. You want to go forward.
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The nature of our mind may be displayed in many ways, but Ashe is the fundamental basis.
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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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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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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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