“Remember why you are meditating: to balance the activity of your life by working with your mind.” — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Your life and your practice should not be separate. You bring your practice into experience. You bring it about. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
If we cut speed and relax with what’s going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
...This jewel is the wisdom and compassion that it takes to act not on behalf of ourselves but for all beings. This… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
“Past events are already gone, and the future is yet to happen. It is only in the present that we can be… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
If we can feel confident in our goodness, it will illuminate our life and society — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
I want people to know you can live a life that is less aggressive and still have success. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
For a lot of us, the opposite of auspicious coincidence is obstacles. Life usually is a mixture of both, but as we… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
If you see life as an opportunity, or if you see helping others as an opportunity, then all of a sudden you… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
If we do not appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the human heart, how can we appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the natural… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
“Thus the mind is more present and at peace. So the clarity and peace of mind we feel after running is mostly because the… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
If we cut speed and relax with what’s going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. That is not quite working. One of… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Our root fantasy is that "I" am real and that it's possible for "me" to be happy. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
If we do not push ourselves enough, we do not grow, but if we push ourselves too much, we regress. What is enough will… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
A lot of times people do spiritual practice just for themselves. I try to turn that a little bit. I try to make spiritual… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit - waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
