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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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Sakyong Mipham
Age: 62
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If we can feel confident in our goodness, it will illuminate our life and society
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Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.
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It is said that if our intention is to help others-even if we are unable to follow it through-we will never have any regret. Regret is a result of trying to make me happy.
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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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Your life and your practice should not be separate. You bring your practice into experience. You bring it 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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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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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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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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Sometimes it seems like most people are being pulled into a negative energy, but then you meet strong individuals or strong leaders and they are free from it.
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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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Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.
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Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.
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Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.
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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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Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.
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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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The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.
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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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