The nature of our mind may be displayed in many ways, but Ashe is the fundamental basis.
Sakyong MiphamAs 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.
Sakyong MiphamWe can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.
Sakyong MiphamThis is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.
Sakyong MiphamShambhala vision is universal. It has no bias towards one type of culture or group. It is not ethnocentric and does not encourage one specific kind of person, race, or religion. Shambhala vision promotes a universality in relationship to basic goodness. All human beings are basically good and an enlightened society, at various levels of manifestation, can occur in any culture.
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