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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 most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.
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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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If we can feel confident in our goodness, it will illuminate our life and society
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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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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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This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.
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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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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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There are no boundaries-only possibilities
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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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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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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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Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.
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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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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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Every moment of our life is important.
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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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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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