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Confidence in Basic Goodness
Sakyong Mipham
Fundamentally, primordially, innately we are good. Is a very powerful thing to be brought up in that environment: to be told that we are good. A lot of times we think, I'm not good, I need more, I'm not complete.
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Helping Others
Chögyam Trungpa
The purpose of Shambhala Training is to help others, to save others, and to cure others' pain. That is the key point.
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Lessons from the Kingdom of Shambhala
Sakyong Mipham
I've just finished writing a book called Ruling Your World. Although I drew from ancient texts and teachings, I wanted to write about how we live right now.
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Natural Hierarchy
Chögyam Trungpa
We need to understand the meaning of hierarchy in relation to this principle of leadership. Hierarchy, popularly speaking, is regarded as a negative principle. Often it is connected with dictatorship. But in our case, as a Shambhala principle, hierarchy is regarded as a working base, a very positive one. Hierarchy is similar to the four seasons: spring gives birth to summer, summer gives birth to autumn, autumn gives birth to winter, and winter gives birth to spring. For that matter, hierarchy is also a very natural process of how to create our world.
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Nowness
Chögyam Trungpa
We need to find the link between our traditions and our present experience of life. Nowness, or the magic of the present moment, is what joins the wisdom of the past with the present.
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The Kingdom, The Cocoon, The Great Eastern Sun
Chögyam Trungpa
The Shambhala training is based on developing gentleness and genuineness so that we can help ourselves and develop tenderness in our hearts. We no longer wrap ourselves in the sleeping bag of our cocoon. We feel responsible for ourselves, and we feel good taking responsibility. We also feel grateful that, as human beings, we can actually work for others. It is about time that we did something to help the world. It is the right time, the right moment, for this training to be introduced.
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Windhorse
Sakyong Mipham
During hard times, people often ask me for advice. They feel destabilized and scattered. They're often caught up in examining who they are, what the world is, and how they fit in.
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