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Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the personal windhorse, or the energy of the individual, so a person has good fortitude to be able to live a good life.

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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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Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.
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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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Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness.
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We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.
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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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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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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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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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This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.
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Caring for others is the basis of worldly success.
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Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.
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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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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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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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When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.
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The notion of auspiciousness is something positive, something with forward momentum, coming out of our actions.
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Every moment of our life is important.
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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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