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Sakyong Mipham
Age: 62
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The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme.
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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 nature of our mind may be displayed in many ways, but Ashe is the fundamental basis.
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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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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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Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.
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The notion of auspiciousness is something positive, something with forward momentum, coming out of our actions.
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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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When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.
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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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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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In Tibetan, we say people who have good windhorse have the sense they can accomplish what they want to do.
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When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.
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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 have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.
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We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing.
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Your life and your practice should not be separate. You bring your practice into experience. You bring it about.
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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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Caring for others is the basis of worldly success.
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After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.
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