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I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.

Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham
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Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.
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When people say that meditation makes them calm, they are often referring to this stability of the mind. A stable mind creates the foundation for a happier and more contented person.
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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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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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The most important thing is having the right mind - a mind that can see it. Once you have an open mind, you see a lot of auspicious coincidence taking place.
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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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My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is.
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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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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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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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We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.
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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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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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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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The nature of our mind may be displayed in many ways, but Ashe is the fundamental basis.
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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 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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The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.
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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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When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.
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