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Sakyong Mipham, born in 1962, is an influential spiritual leader and Buddhist teacher. He is known for his unique leadership style and modern interpretations of traditional Buddhist teachings.

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“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.”

Ifs Want Book Teacher Asking Mad Tired Again And Again

Author:Sakyong Mipham

“In Tibetan, we say people who have good windhorse have the sense they can accomplish what they want to do.”

People Want Accomplish Tibetan

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“Initially, you have to live a period where you are developing your attitude. I would consider that a meditation: determining what you want to do. You have a period where you meditate and you get the strength.”

Want Attitude Meditation Periods What You Want Developing Where You Are

Author:Sakyong Mipham

“I want people to know you can live a life that is less aggressive and still have success.”

People Knows Want Stills Aggressive

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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, it doesn't work."”

People Want Leader Pushing Aggressive

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“If you see life as an opportunity, or if you see helping others as an opportunity, then all of a sudden you become joyous. You want to go forward.”

Ifs Want Helping Opportunity Helping Others Joyous

Author:Sakyong Mipham

“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.”

“What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and to not think when we don’t want to.”

Thinking Want Ability Meditation Happenings Developing

Book:Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

Source: Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

“We want to infuse our day with good habits so that we can turn seemingly mundane situations into a ceremony of goodness.”

Want Turns Situation Habit Goodness Ceremony Mundane Good Habits

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

Ifs Thinking Want Miserable Think Of You Want To Be Happy

Book:Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

Source: Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind

“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.”

Want Life Trying Different Pain Suffering Change Painful Buddhist Permanent Fluid

Book:Turning the Mind Into an Ally

Source: Turning the Mind Into an Ally

About the Author

Born: 1962
Known for: Author
Quotes: 120

Books & Sources

Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern LifeRelated source material

The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden TreasureRelated source material

Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and MindRelated source material

Turning the Mind Into an AllyRelated source material

The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday LifeRelated source material

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