Sakyong Mipham - Ruling Your World (2005)

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Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.

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Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.

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Being fooled into trying to make things work out for 'me' is called samsara.

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In looking for my mind, I discovered that it seems to be in many different places. Sometimes it is drinking a glass of water, remembering swimming in the summer, feeling the breeze. In this contemplation I observed that the self is more elusive than I thought.

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You need to eat well, sleep well, and have a roof over your head, but don't go much further than that before extending yourself to others.

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When I was going into one of my first meditation retreats, I asked my father, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, for some advice. He said, "How you act when you're alone affects the rest of your life." Even in solitude, the ruler engages in virtue.

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Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.

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When we have gone beyond the boundaries of hope and fear, we are able to work with whatever comes our way.

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The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.

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When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.

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The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.

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Changing our decision sets up a bad habit. It reinforces decision-making as an expression of bewilderment and ignorance, instead of wisdom and freedom.

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Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

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This jewel is the wisdom and compassion that it takes to act not on behalf of ourselves but for all beings. This is where real confidence and competence come from. Once we possess this jewel, our life becomes blessed.

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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.

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

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If ruling our world stems from developing certainty in our sanity, how do we discover it? The Shambhala teachings instruct us to "put our mind of fearfulness in the cradle of loving-kindnes."

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