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We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.

Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham
Age: 61
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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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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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Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.
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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 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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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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When the mind is totally present, it is relaxed, nimble, and sensitive. It feels lighter and clearer. It notices everything, but it is not distracted by anything. It is the feeling of knowing exactly where you are and what you are doing.
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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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If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.
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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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When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.
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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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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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Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.
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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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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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Many people think spirituality has nothing to do with success or accomplishing - that it's something you do with removal, with leaving the world.
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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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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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In Tibetan, we say people who have good windhorse have the sense they can accomplish what they want to do.
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