Sakyong Mipham

If ruling our world stems from developing certainty in our sanity, how do we discover it? The Shambhala teachings instruct us to…

— Sakyong Mipham

We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.

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When we have gone beyond the boundaries of hope and fear, we are able to work with whatever comes our way.

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“Life is breath. Breath is life.”

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“The practice of overcoming hope is recognizing our positive qualities. With excessive hope, we begin to belittle what we have achieved. We…

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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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“In meditation, placing our attention on the breathing takes the mind from daydreaming, worrying, thinking, and fantasizing. It gives our mind something…

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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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If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others.

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“One of my favorite Tibetan sayings is “Even if you’re going to die tomorrow, you can learn something tonight.”

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Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen…

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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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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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“One of my favorite sayings is “If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think…

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“Beginning a conversation is an act of bravery. When you initiate a conversation, you fearlessly step into the unknown. Will the other…

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Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.

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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…

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The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer…

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Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.

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I hope you will attain enlightenment. I am here to tell you that you already have! But you don't know... The difference…

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“In my constant travels, from the highland meadows of Tibet to the tropical rain forest of Brazil to the busy streets of…

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When I was going into one of my first meditation retreats, I asked my father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, for some advice. He…

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Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things…

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As a leader, people push you. They really want to keep pushing you until you get aggressive. Then they say, "Oh, see,…

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Many of us are slaves to our minds. Our own mind is our worst enemy. We try to focus, and our mind…

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