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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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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
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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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Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.
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Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.
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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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My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is.
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The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme.
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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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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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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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Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness.
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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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There is a tendency sometimes within the Shambhala community to make it just about meditating and, so, less about compassion. Shambhala is based upon compassion, but a lot of people come in and say, I need to get more meditation. I need to do this for me, me, me. That's fine, but the view here is much more societal.
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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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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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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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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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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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We want to infuse our day with good habits so that we can turn seemingly mundane situations into a ceremony of goodness.
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As a leader, people push you. They really want to keep pushing you until you get aggressive. Then they say, Oh, see, it doesn't work.
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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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