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.
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? - Sakyong Mipham
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?
- Sakyong Mipham
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… - Sakyong Mipham
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…
When we have gone beyond the boundaries of hope and fear, we are able to work with whatever comes our way. - Sakyong Mipham
When we have gone beyond the boundaries of hope and fear, we are able to work with whatever comes our way.
Being fooled into trying to make things work out for 'me' is called samsara. - Sakyong Mipham
Being fooled into trying to make things work out for 'me' is called samsara.
As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts… - Sakyong Mipham
As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts…
The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness. - Sakyong Mipham
The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.
When the mind is totally present, it is relaxed, nimble, and sensitive. It feels lighter and clearer. It notices everything, but it is not distracted… - Sakyong Mipham
When the mind is totally present, it is relaxed, nimble, and sensitive. It feels lighter and clearer. It notices everything, but it is not distracted…
If the mind is flexible, the world is flexible. - Sakyong Mipham
If the mind is flexible, the world is flexible.
We want to infuse our day with good habits so that we can turn seemingly mundane situations into a ceremony of goodness. - Sakyong Mipham
We want to infuse our day with good habits so that we can turn seemingly mundane situations into a ceremony of goodness.
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