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    After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.

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    A lot of people dabbling means Buddhism has come into the mainstream, where people begin to use these terms and ideas, and they become less foreign.

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    A lot of people do their practice. They meditate on compassion. Then they yell at people afterwards. That is not quite working. One of the things I try to emphasize is contemplative meditation - bringing your thought and intention into meditation.

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    A lot of people talk about the spirituality of Buddhism, and it is a spiritual discipline. But in Shambhala there also is a notion that you have to be synchronized with both heaven and earth.

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    A lot of times people do spiritual practice just for themselves. I try to turn that a little bit. I try to make spiritual practice more a part of the community. I write about infusing people with compassion.

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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.

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    As a leader, you have the choice to determine what you are going to do and how you are going to engage others. You can decide to act compassionately regardless of what the weather is - whether it is cloudy or sunny - or whether things are inspirational or not.

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    Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.

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

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

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    Caring for others is the basis of worldly success.

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    Certain teachers have tremendous amounts of experience. They are articulate, and they give wonderful discourse. But at some point along the road, they themselves learned from and studied a book.

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

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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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    For a lot of us, the opposite of auspicious coincidence is obstacles. Life usually is a mixture of both, but as we begin to exhibit exertion, more and more auspiciousness happens.

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    For me, language and how I use it are very important. I held back on doing a poetry book, walking the fine line between trying to be helpful and just putting more junk out there.

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    Fundamentally, Buddhism is for the awakenment and benefit of beings. So, you can't say, "Oh, you can't have it because you're not ready for it." That goes against the fundamental principle.

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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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    If the mind is flexible, the world is flexible.

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    If we cut speed and relax with what’s going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about.

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    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?

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    If we do not push ourselves enough, we do not grow, but if we push ourselves too much, we regress. What is enough will change, depending on where we are and what we are doing. In that sense, the present moment is always some kind of beginning.

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    If you decide to go on a Buddhist path, you have to be careful if you start mixing a lot of different traditions you are not totally familiar with - mixing this kind of meditation with that kind of practice or this kind of visualization with that kind of mantra. Then you really are concocting your own thing, and you have no idea what is going to happen.

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    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.

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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.

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

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    I hope you will attain enlightenment. I am here to tell you that you already have! But you don't know... The difference between the Buddha and us is the confidence in knowing that he was enlightened.

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    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 mind, which we do in meditation. When we know how to create peace in our own mind, we can transform the world.

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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.

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

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    It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor-the determining factor of success and happiness is contentment.

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    I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.

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    I think there is a tendency for people to become more isolated as they move along a spiritual path. With more development, people get more isolated. Also, as they have more wealth, they get more isolated.

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    I think we are very environmental people. We need to be supported environmentally. Books very much have that imprint on the mind.

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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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    It seems we all agree that training the body through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good idea, but why don't we think about training our mind?

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    It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity.

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

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    I would say courage first; then wisdom, which is a sense of knowledge and confidence; and also the wish and desire to uplift. The underlying notion is "How do I help?" That attitude really is a spiritual journey and a path.

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    I write about whatever is timely - whatever is happening at the time for me - with what the expressive feeling is.

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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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    Many of us are slaves to our minds. Our own mind is our worst enemy. We try to focus, and our mind wanders off. We try to keep stress at bay, but anxiety keeps us awake at night. We try to be good to the people we love, but then we forget them and put ourselves first.

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    Many people think spirituality has nothing to do with success or accomplishing - that it's something you do with removal, with leaving the world.

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    Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.

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    Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.

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    My books definitely are ambassadors, as you called them. They express what the vision is, what the purpose is.

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    One of the characteristics of every great teacher I've known is tremendous exertion. It's interesting: You may see them as spiritual people or compassionate people, but the driving force is that incredible exertion - and their ability to sustain it.

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    Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen in the future, but the living experience is what is happening NOW.