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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: 62
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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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Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.
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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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In looking for my mind, I discovered that it seems to be in many different places. Sometimes it is drinking a glass of water, remembering swimming in the summer, feeling the breeze. In this contemplation I observed that the self is more elusive than I thought.
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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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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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In Tibetan, we say people who have good windhorse have the sense they can accomplish what they want to do.
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I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.
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Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.
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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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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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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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The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.
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The notion of auspiciousness is something positive, something with forward momentum, coming out of our actions.
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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 principles of Buddhism and Shambhala can be effective in helping the course of what is happening in 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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If we cut speed and relax with what’s going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about.
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If we are going to live in a society, there has to be an attitude where people really do care for others.
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