After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.
Sakyong MiphamI think we are very environmental people. We need to be supported environmentally. Books very much have that imprint on the mind.
Sakyong MiphamIf 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."
Sakyong MiphamIf 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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