Top 120 Sakyong Mipham Quotes (2024 Update)
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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.”

101. “The principles of Buddhism have become more commonplace, which is a good thing.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “The breath is like the waves in the ocean that help circulate the water so that it does not become stagnant.”

102. “The breath is like the waves in the ocean that help circulate the water so that it does not become stagnant.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “To be gentle is to understand that life is a journey deserving constant attentiveness. Therefore it is gentleness that allows us to finish a marathon, not putting pressure on ourselves to immediately think about the next one. Gentleness is “just doing it” in such a way that we can do it again and again.”

103. “To be gentle is to understand that life is a journey deserving constant attentiveness. Therefore it is gentleness that allows us to finish a marathon, not putting pressure on ourselves to immediately think about the next one. Gentleness is “just doing it” in such a way that we can do it again and again.”

— Sakyong Mipham

Sakyong Mipham Quote: “Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to “me.” We think, “I’m selfless,” but everything is selfless.”

104. “Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to “me.” We think, “I’m selfless,” but everything is selfless.”

— Sakyong Mipham

Sakyong Mipham Quote: “When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.”

105. “When we appreciate something, that means we have allowed ourselves to relax and take it in.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “Throughout life it is inevitable that we will experience both pain and pleasure. Learning how to handle them leads to harmony and happiness. In meditation, if we are unable to handle pain or boredom, then that pain or boredom becomes our master. Then we spend our entire life trying to avoid being bored or feeling pain. However if we can handle our mind, then we know that we can handle boredom and pain.”

106. “Throughout life it is inevitable that we will experience both pain and pleasure. Learning how to handle them leads to harmony and happiness. In meditation, if we are unable to handle pain or boredom, then that pain or boredom becomes our master. Then we spend our entire life trying to avoid being bored or feeling pain. However if we can handle our mind, then we know that we can handle boredom and pain.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “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.”

107. “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.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “We already have what we need – the opportunity to weave the tapestry of happiness every day with the needle and thread of our own mind.”

108. “We already have what we need – the opportunity to weave the tapestry of happiness every day with the needle and thread of our own mind.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “People sometimes don’t like organized situations. Sometimes people need to be left alone more. Sometimes people need environmental support.”

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

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “In meditation we are continuously discovering who and what we are.”

110. “In meditation we are continuously discovering who and what we are.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and to not think when we don’t want to.”

111. “What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and to not think when we don’t want to.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “According to the Chinese system of medicine, stagnation is the cause of many illnesses.”

112. “According to the Chinese system of medicine, stagnation is the cause of many illnesses.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “We embody our worries. When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out.”

113. “We embody our worries. When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “Shambhala teachings say we all have the potential to accomplish our enlightened nature – our basic goodness.”

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

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “In the tradition of warriorship, to celebrate moment to moment is called discipline. Discipline is not a sense of oppression or being punished; it is freedom from our own self-perpetuating laziness.”

115. “In the tradition of warriorship, to celebrate moment to moment is called discipline. Discipline is not a sense of oppression or being punished; it is freedom from our own self-perpetuating laziness.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “The exertion it takes to get back in shape when we are out of shape is arguably more than it takes to stay in shape...”

116. “The exertion it takes to get back in shape when we are out of shape is arguably more than it takes to stay in shape...”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “Our minds become more supple as we develop ourselves on the meditation seat. Each time we acknowledge a fantasy or thought, we’re softening up our mind by becoming less bound to concepts and emotions. Following the technique fosters curiosity instead of dullness, appreciation instead of disheartenment, and imagination instead of limitation.”

117. “Our minds become more supple as we develop ourselves on the meditation seat. Each time we acknowledge a fantasy or thought, we’re softening up our mind by becoming less bound to concepts and emotions. Following the technique fosters curiosity instead of dullness, appreciation instead of disheartenment, and imagination instead of limitation.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “A book very much is the center of the road, so people always can refer back to it.”

118. “A book very much is the center of the road, so people always can refer back to it.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “Meditate with delight and run with joy.”

119. “Meditate with delight and run with joy.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “If we subject the mind to prolonged periods of watching television or sitting at the computer, or even more potentially harmful environments such as feeling unloved or uncared for or we are subjected to long dissatisfaction or intensely aggressive environments, the mind takes a beating. That piece of tofu is turning many colours. It is being bruised and battered, but we cannot see it.”

120. “If we subject the mind to prolonged periods of watching television or sitting at the computer, or even more potentially harmful environments such as feeling unloved or uncared for or we are subjected to long dissatisfaction or intensely aggressive environments, the mind takes a beating. That piece of tofu is turning many colours. It is being bruised and battered, but we cannot see it.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “We can say “blue,” but until we see the color blue, we don’t really know what the meaning is. We can say that something is hot, but until we touch it, we don’t know what “hot” means. We can talk about bringing our mind to compassion by saying “May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the root of suffering,” but until we feel the pain of others, “pain” is only a word. We have to crack its shell to let its meaning infuse us, seep into our lives.”

121. “We can say “blue,” but until we see the color blue, we don’t really know what the meaning is. We can say that something is hot, but until we touch it, we don’t know what “hot” means. We can talk about bringing our mind to compassion by saying “May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the root of suffering,” but until we feel the pain of others, “pain” is only a word. We have to crack its shell to let its meaning infuse us, seep into our lives.”

— Sakyong Mipham

Sakyong Mipham Quote: “Heaven is the natural spaciousness of our mind before we make it small with self-protection.”

122. “Heaven is the natural spaciousness of our mind before we make it small with self-protection.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out.”

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

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “Meditation stabilizes us in our inherent power as humans. It introduces the possibility of living our lives in a continually conscious, confident, and balanced state of mind.”

124. “Meditation stabilizes us in our inherent power as humans. It introduces the possibility of living our lives in a continually conscious, confident, and balanced state of mind.”

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Sakyong Mipham Quote: “When I came to the West and heard about knights slaying dragons, I was shocked. In Tibet, the dragon symbolizes incomprehensible profundity.”

125. “When I came to the West and heard about knights slaying dragons, I was shocked. In Tibet, the dragon symbolizes incomprehensible profundity.”

— Sakyong Mipham

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