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You need to become more genuine to who you are. So, people pushing you can help take you to the level where you really understand the principles and enter them into action.

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Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness.
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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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Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.
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If we can feel confident in our goodness, it will illuminate our life and society
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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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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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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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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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It seems we all agree that training the body through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good idea, but why don't we think about training our mind?
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When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.
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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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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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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 talk about the spirituality of Buddhism, and it is a spiritual discipline. But in Shambhala there also is a notion that you have to be synchronized with both heaven and earth.
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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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The nature of our mind may be displayed in many ways, but Ashe is the fundamental basis.
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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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Your life and your practice should not be separate. You bring your practice into experience. You bring it about.
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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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