Sakyong Mipham: How to Plant Seeds Resulting in Happiness

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

Sakyong Mipham 

“It is said that if our intention is to help others-even if we are unable to follow it through-we will never have any regret. Regret is a result of trying to make 'me' happy."

Sakyong Mipham 

“If we do not push ourselves enough, we do not grow, but if we push ourselves too much, we regress. What is enough will change, depending on where we are and what we are doing. In that sense, the present moment is always some kind of beginning.”

Sakyong Mipham

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Let It Be: Create Peace in Own Mind to Transform the World

Principles to Live By: Bravery and Insight

'In a speedy and aggressive culture, 

we need different principles to live by:

bravery and insight.' 

Sakyong Mipham

Build Trust in the Mind

'The first moment of bravery is 

building trust in the mind, 

which we do in meditation.' 

Sakyong Mipham

Transform the World

'When we know how to create 

peace in our own mind, 

we can transform the world.'

Sakyong Mipham

'If the mind is flexible, 

the world is flexible.'

Sakyong Mipham

Who Is Sakyong Mipham?

Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Jampal Trinley Dradul (born Osel Rangdrol Mukpo in 1962) is the head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and Shambhala International, a worldwide network of urban Buddhist meditation centers, retreat centers, monasteries, a university, and other enterprises, founded by his father, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is a high lama in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Dalai Lama on Compassion: Self-Centeredness Leads to Isolation and Loneliness

'When you practice gratefulness, 

there is a sense of respect toward others.'

Dalai Lama

'Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. 

Without them humanity cannot survive.'

Dalai Lama

'Compassion is the unfettered yearning 

that responds to the world 

with noble heart~

the understanding that others are just like us.' 

Sakyong Mipham

'Radiating from basic goodness like the sun, 

compassion lifts us above

self-involvement and brings us out of the Dark Age.

Just like the sun behind a cloud, 

it shines through our self-centeredness.'    

   

Sakyong Mipham

'Too much self-centered attitude, you see, 

brings, you see, isolation. 

Result: loneliness, fear, anger. 

The extreme self-centered attitude 

is the source of suffering.'

Dalai Lama

'If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. 

If you want to be happy, practice compassion.' 

Dalai Lama

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