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The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure by [Mipham, Sakyong]

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One of Tibet's highest and most respected lamas elucidates for us the principles of Shambhala, or the path to happiness, set down by his legendary father, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Dear Reader,
We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future. The Shambhala Principle offers the principle of basic goodness as a way of addressing the personal and social challenges that we face. Do we, as humans, have confidence in the basic goodness of humanity, as well as of society itself? As a Tibetan lama and spiritual leader, this strikes me as our most compelling global issue.

The book revolves around a dialogue with my father, the legendary Chögyam Trungpa. Whether his responses were direct or mystical, he continuously returned to the topics of basic goodness and enlightened society. Not only did he show me how I could become confident in their existence through awareness and meditation, he also taught me how basic goodness is a socially viable standard that could stabilize and transform our world.

However, this book is not a memoir, or even a message. It is an invitation to readers to reflect on their own basic goodness and the basic goodness of society, and then contemplate the question, Can we rouse our energy and confidence to create a good world that is founded on this principle?

I encourage you to join me in this contemplation.
—Sakyong Mipham

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Not being afraid of our humanity

October 13, 2015

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Who doesn't doubt the heart of humans after all we have seen? It would be naive not to at least be cynical . But Sakyong Mipham presents a deeply positive perspective of human nature that includes the worst in us. He is incredibly brave, to proclaim human goodness. May he be able, as his father did, to encourage us to contemplate that our birthright is courageous contentment, dignity and fearlessness . This message is so needed in our time. Without at least hearing this message we will continue to fight our brothers and sisters, unable to appreciate diversity and plunder the planet, trying to find happiness outside .

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The Shambhala Principle teaches that the world is basically good. For anyone who wants to improve society

August 22, 2014

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The Shambhala Principle teaches that the world is basically good. For anyone who wants to improve society, for anyone who wants to know the nature of ourselves, the world, and society, one of the basic things we ought to understand is that everything is basically good. Enlightenment and enlightened society starts with this. Sakyong Mipham is a master teacher. His words and ideas are eloquent and profound. Read this if you want to discover what humanity really is.

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Thought Provoking

December 29, 2015

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I am exploring the Buddhist belief system. I am only about 30 pages into this book, but it is fabulous so far. It speaks to the power of positive thinking, of offering loving kindness to everyone unconditionally. It certainly provokes me to think about my thought patterns about the violence in the world, for example. It's a principle that I believe, if I practice it, I will come to believe.

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A special piece of work

December 17, 2017

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The book is one to read and come back and mediate. After most of the chapters I found myself reflecting on the content and what it’s value was to me.

The content is written to help understand the basics of the teachings. At times it goes into depths, that even after re-reading , felt that it demanded more attention and would have to come back later.

The message, matures with you and with time.

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Timothy R.Walker

A Manifesto for creating Enlightened Society

October 28, 2013

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This text combines the intimate conversations of father and son/teacher and disciple with thirty years worth of contemplations on some of the key points transmitted. Shambhala Buddhism is a very unique manifestation of Tibetan wisdom teachings that have arisen in part, as a result of the Tibetan Diaspora and the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Chogyam Trungpa, the father, was deeply saddened but not ultimately discouraged by the near total destruction of a culture, a people and a vast and profound living wisdom tradition. As a child he had already become famous as a discoverer of sacred hidden treasure texts and had received several having to do with Shambhala and the mandate of creating enlightened society on this earth. As he escaped from Tibet, traveling over the Himalayas in the winter one step ahead of the Chinese, he again received Shambhala Terma (treasure teachings) and committed himself to this notion of creating a culture and social structure within which these precious teachings could flourish, spread and benefit the whole world. Beyond just "religion" or Yogic practices for cultivating individual enlightenment the Shambhala teachings are designed to bring about a social transformation based in this deceptively simple yet all encompassing principle of Basic Goodness.

Author, Sakyong (Earth-Protector) Mipham, the son, and the reincarnation of Mipham-the-Great of 19th centaury Tibet, also a channel for bringing Shambhala teachings into this world, muses in each chapter around a few simple words spoken to him directly by his father and then expands them to relate directly to our lives both as individuals and as a collective. In the chapter-Life is a Ceremony-for example he has us contemplate how our calendar, which originally had sacred meaning with a day set aside for family and one for spirituality has been almost totally co-opted by the predominant culture of materialism. "Within this system personal growth and spirituality are not priorities, because there is little room left in the calendar for examining the purpose of life and developing one's heart and mind. My father would always say 'Desire leads to more desire, it does not lead to satisfaction' what leads to satisfaction is appreciation."

As a psychotherapist and mindfulness teacher working in health care, the cancer field, and mental health, I am witness daily to tremendous suffering brought about by people’s deep doubts in their worthiness, and in their sense of belonging to something important, good and larger than themselves. The culture of materialism has sown deep doubts in humanities faith in their own goodness and potential and systematically cultivates a culture of inadequacy, fear, dissatisfaction, distraction and endless craving. I call these social mind viruses and The Shambhala Principle is a powerful and practical antidote to these viruses. I recommend it for your health and wellbeing and for the ultimate health and wellbeing of society at large for generations to come.

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Sanity is a wonderful thing. I like reading Sakyong Mipham's books

January 17, 2016

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Sanity is a wonderful thing. I like reading Sakyong Mipham's books. I feel inspired to cultivate my actions and attitude to create a happier and more sustainable world, not to lose hope, to stay upright. There is a lot about his father here as others have said, but the effect for me is to give confidence in the journey to the vision that we all have the power and ability to create a better world, one relationship at a time.

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Jose Guillermo Banda

Modern Buddhism well presented

May 23, 2017

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Great book to familiarize with Shambhala, well written.

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How to be a peaceful warrior in today's world.

August 8, 2016

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Love all writing by The Sakyong. This is about conversations and teachings from his father, Choygam Trungpa Rimpoche.

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