Sakyong Mipham Quotes

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• We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing.

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  Life, Change, Buddhist

  Sakyong Miphan Rinpoche (2004). “Turning the Mind Into an Ally”, p.18, Penguin

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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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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Courage

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.62, Harmony

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

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  Fitness, Buddhist, Exercise

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

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  Positive, Uplifting, Buddhist

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.180, Harmony

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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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  Inspirational, Karma, Spiritual

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.52, Harmony

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• Our only reliable source of strength is the goodness of our hearts. Our only foundation for coming to terms with the suffering of the times is our innate need to be decent human beings.

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  Heart, Suffering, Foundation

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• To protect this earth is to protect the very spirit of life

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  Earth, Spirit, Protect

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.10, Harmony

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• True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

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  Firsts, True Happiness, Environment

  Sakyong Miphan Rinpoche (2004). “Turning the Mind Into an Ally”, p.15, Penguin

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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 desperate.

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  Self, Knowing, Needs

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.84, Harmony

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• If we do not appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the human heart, how can we appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the natural world?

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  Heart, Appreciate, World

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.41, Harmony

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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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  Bravery, Meditation, Mind

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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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  World, Accepting, Outrageous

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.169, Harmony

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• Being fooled into trying to make things work out for 'me' is called samsara.

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  Work Out, Trying, Samsara

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• We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.

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  World, Crossroads, Good Future

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.9, Harmony

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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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  Gone, Able, Way

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.133, Harmony

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• Sometimes people feel disappointed when they hear about practicing compassion: "You mean I have to be nice?" It's kind of a letdown. We often overlook compassion, seeing it as merely a pit stop on the way to more advanced practices. We want something more; we don't even know what. But that's just a trick of our mind. One of the greatest teachings is to practice compassion.

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  Sympathy, Buddhist, Disappointment

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• If the mind is flexible, the world is flexible.

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  Mind, World, Flexible

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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 said, "How you act when you're alone affects the rest of your life." Even in solitude, the ruler engages in virtue.

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  Father, Meditation, Advice

  Sakyong Mipham (2005). “Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life”, p.16, Harmony

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• It seems we all agree that training the body through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good idea, but why don't we think about training our mind?

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  Exercise, Thinking, Ideas

  Sakyong Miphan Rinpoche (2004). “Turning the Mind Into an Ally”, p.14, Penguin

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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 in the future, but the living experience is what is happening NOW.

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  Past, Ideas, Mind

  Sakyong Miphan Rinpoche (2004). “Turning the Mind Into an Ally”, p.108, Penguin

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• Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.

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  Karma, Gravity, Bad Karma

  "The 12 Principles of Pyong'hwa: Pathways and Perspectives for More Peace and Tranquility in Life". Book by Steev Ramsdell, 2012.

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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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  Thinking, Want, Miserable

  Sakyong Mipham (2012). “Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind”, p.124, Harmony

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• As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts, kindness and care-these are our most precious gifts.

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  Buddhist, Kindness, Heart

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.41, Harmony

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• Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.

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  Heart, Meditation Practice, Mind

  Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.136, Harmony

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• What is amazing is how stuck people are in their own habits. It is really hard to get people out of their habits. But once they shift, it also is amazing how rapid the progress can be.

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  People, Progress, Habit

  "Earth Protector: An Interview with Sakyong Mipham (complete interview)". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. July 30, 2015.

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