127 Quotes by Sakyong Mipham

People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out.

If you rise with a positive attitude – because everything is possible, everything is doable – if you have that level of confidence, you exude it. It actually inspires the people around you.

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

According to the Chinese system of medicine, stagnation is the cause of many illnesses.

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

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.

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.

We live in a culture where information is becoming easier to access. Certain special practices have been kept very quiet and secret, and those traditions need to be respected. But there are a lot of teachings people can access that would benefit them greatly.

Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit – waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have.