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This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham
Age: 62
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Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.
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If we can feel confident in our goodness, it will illuminate our life and society
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In a speedy and aggressive culture, we need different principles to live by-bravery and insight. The first moment of bravery is building trust in the mind, which we do in meditation. When we know how to create peace in our own mind, we can transform the world.
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The notion of auspiciousness is something positive, something with forward momentum, coming out of our actions.
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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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A lot of times people do spiritual practice just for themselves. I try to turn that a little bit. I try to make spiritual practice more a part of the community. I write about infusing people with compassion.
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Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen in the future, but the living experience is what is happening NOW.
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Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.
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Every moment of our life is important.
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When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.
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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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If you rise with a positive attitude - because everything is possible, everything is doable - if you have that level of confidence, you exude it. It actually inspires the people around you.
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Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness.
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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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The nature of our mind may be displayed in many ways, but Ashe is the fundamental basis.
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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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Your life and your practice should not be separate. You bring your practice into experience. You bring it about.
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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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Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.
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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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