We live in a culture where information is becoming easier to access. Certain special practices have been kept very quiet and secret, and those traditions need to be respected. But there are a lot of teachings people can access that would benefit them greatly.

— Sakyong Mipham

Sakyong Mipham Quotes

Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature – our basic goodness.

— Sakyong Mipham

Shambhala does have unique teachings, as do many Buddhist traditions. For example, certain teachings within Shambhala have to do with raising the personal windhorse, or the energy of the individual, so a person has good fortitude to be able to live a good life.

— Sakyong Mipham

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

— Sakyong Mipham

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.

— Sakyong Mipham

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.

— Sakyong Mipham

If we are going to live in a society, there has to be an attitude where people really do care for others.

— Sakyong Mipham

Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things done, and they didn’t abandon their tradition.

— Sakyong Mipham

People sometimes don’t like organized situations. Sometimes people need to be left alone more. Sometimes people need environmental support.

— Sakyong Mipham

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

— Sakyong Mipham

People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out.

— Sakyong Mipham

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.”

— Sakyong Mipham

You need to become more genuine to who you are. So, people pushing you can help take you to the level where you really understand the principles and enter them into action.

— Sakyong Mipham

Your regular teachers will get mad at you. If you keep asking something again and again, they will get tired of saying the same thing. A book will not do that. A book always will be there for you. In whatever you want, the book will be there.

— Sakyong Mipham

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

— Sakyong Mipham

Poetry is a language for when you can’t quite write prose about something, you can’t quite say it, but if you do a poem, it kind of gets to the point.

— Sakyong Mipham

Ultimately, as individuals we each have to ask ourselves to be courageous and apply certain principles.

— Sakyong Mipham

What is amazing is how stuck people are in their own habits. It is really hard to get people out of their habits. But once they shift, it also is amazing how rapid the progress can be.

— Sakyong Mipham

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.

— Sakyong Mipham

You have people who are good at English but don’t have the training in Buddhism or Shambhala, or they have the training but are not good in English. Getting that mixture is really rare.

— Sakyong Mipham

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.

— Sakyong Mipham
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