"If you want to be miserable, think of……" — Sakyong Mipham
"If you want to be miserable, think of yourself. If you want to be happy, think of others."
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58 Quotes by Sakyong Mipham
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When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.
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It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is…
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In meditation we are continuously discovering who and what we are.
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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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It is said that if our intention is to help others-even if we are unable to follow it through-we will…
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If we do not push ourselves enough, we do not grow, but if we push ourselves too much, we regress.…
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The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.
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When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let…
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The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme.
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What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and…
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Running and meditation are very personal activities. Therefore they are lonely. This loneliness is one of their best qualities because…
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The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its…
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For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short…
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Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of…
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It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until…
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I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as…
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No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.
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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except…
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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage,…
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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