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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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Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.
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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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Your life and your practice should not be separate. You bring your practice into experience. You bring it about.
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Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.
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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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When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.
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Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.
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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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There is a tendency sometimes within the Shambhala community to make it just about meditating and, so, less about compassion. Shambhala is based upon compassion, but a lot of people come in and say, I need to get more meditation. I need to do this for me, me, me. That's fine, but the view here is much more societal.
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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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The nature of our mind may be displayed in many ways, but Ashe is the fundamental basis.
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Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.
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Every moment of our life is important.
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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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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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What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and to not think when we don’t want to.
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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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You have people who are good at English but don't have the training in Buddhism or Shambhala, or they have the training but are not good in English. Getting that mixture is really rare.
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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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