Spiritual Quotes by Sakyong Mipham

9 Spiritual quotes by Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham offers nine pithy statements that echo the pulse of mindfulness practice. In each, you’ll find a prompt to settle the mind and feel the present moment more fully.

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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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Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

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Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering…

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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…

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One of the characteristics of every great teacher I've known is tremendous exertion. It's interesting: You may see them as spiritual people…

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I would say courage first; then wisdom, which is a sense of knowledge and confidence; and also the wish and desire to…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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