The principles of Buddhism and Shambhala can be effective in helping the course of what is happening in the world.
Sakyong MiphamEven when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.
Sakyong MiphamWe suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing.
Sakyong Mipham