It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor-the determining factor of success and happiness is contentment. Sakyong Mipham More Quotes by Sakyong Mipham More Quotes From Sakyong Mipham A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. That is not quite working. One of the things I try to emphasize is contemplative meditation - bringing your thought and intention into meditation. Sakyong Mipham compassionpracticepeople A lot of times people do spiritual practice just for themselves. I try to turn that a little bit. I try to make spiritual practice more a part of the community. I write about infusing people with compassion. Sakyong Mipham compassionspiritualwriting Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the personal windhorse, or the energy of the individual, so a person has good fortitude to be able to live a good life. Sakyong Mipham good-lifebuddhistteaching Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things done, and they didn't abandon their tradition. Sakyong Mipham powerfulkingspeople Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature - our basic goodness. Sakyong Mipham enlightenedgoodnessteaching My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is. Sakyong Mipham ambassadorsvisionbook People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out. Sakyong Mipham principlestryingpeople Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road, they themselves learned from and studied a book. Sakyong Mipham teachergivingbook You need to become more genuine to who you are. So, people pushing you can help take you to the level where you really understand the principles and enter them into action. Sakyong Mipham levelspeopleneeds Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles. Sakyong Mipham courageousindividualprinciples Your regular teachers will get mad at you. If you keep asking something again and again, they will get tired of saying the same thing. A book will not do that. A book always will be there for you. In whatever you want, the book will be there. Sakyong Mipham tiredteacherbook As a leader, you have the choice to determine what you are going to do and how you are going to engage others. You can decide to act compassionately regardless of what the weather is - whether it is cloudy or sunny - or whether things are inspirational or not. Sakyong Mipham choicesleaderweather As a leader, people push you. They really want to keep pushing you until you get aggressive. Then they say, "Oh, see, it doesn't work." Sakyong Mipham leaderwantpeople A book very much is the center of the road, so people always can refer back to it. Sakyong Mipham bookpeople Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time. Sakyong Mipham happeningsright-timecoincidence The most important thing is having the right mind - a mind that can see it. Once you have an open mind, you see a lot of auspicious coincidence taking place. Sakyong Mipham importantcoincidencemind Part of the notion in Shambhala teachings is that everybody can live their lives so they get weaker and more stressed out as they go along, or so they get more fortitude and strength. Sakyong Mipham fortitudestressedteaching
