Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

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My father used to say, "In the Shambhala tradition we believe that everybody is gifted". And one of the basic notions of this notion of goodness is that we are complete; so when we're using this term of "Basic Goodness", it is talking about the inherent completeness and the non-faultiness.

The term in Tibetan that we use for basic goodness is "Döma-ne Sangpo"; "Döma-ne" is the word that means primordial, basic, innate; and the word "Sangpo" is good, pure, clean.

And my experience of this process of looking at this is that it is beyond word and it's beyond expression; it is something that we have to be willing to feel and touch; but what is most important is that that moment when our mind has that moment of self reflection; and when you have that moment of self reflection and if you feel like you are not worthy it's a very [snap] momentary experience; the power of that moment is astronomical.

And we're living in a culture where that very issue, I feel like, is at the basis of our social fabric; it's the basis of our economy; it's the basis of most of why we go to work and get up; so I feel like right now we are at a crossroads and what we decide at a global level, how we feel as humanity will have incredible implications. It effects how we raise our children, the education process, everything.

And I am not going to sit here and say I have all the answers, by any means; but I invite everyone and I completely understand if you are doubting what I am saying, and also doubting this notion of goodness; it is something I can not convince you; we have to go through this process of what we feel.

http://www.youtube.com/play... Basic Goodness and Social Transformation playlist. Talks by the Vidyadhara Trungpa Rinpoche, the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, and other Shambhala teachers.

In August 2011, Shambhala's Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Ani Pema Chödrön, and Acharya Adam Lobel led Being Brave: Transforming Our World. In Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) and online, thousands participated in this five-day retreat aimed at awakening kindness and courage in order to shift the direction of human destiny and bring about global change.
Shambhala Media http://www.shambhalamedia.org is pleased to offer this DVD set of eight carefully selected talks.
The four-disc set includes:
1. A Human Tradition, Adam Lobel, 35 min.
2. A Culture of Basic Goodness, Sakyong Mipham, 64 min.
3. Bringing Meditation Into Our Culture, Sakyong Mipham, 70 min.
4. The Bravery of Openness, Pema Chodron, 65 min.
5. Contemplating Bravery, Sakyong Mipham, 58 min.
6. The Bravery of Compassion, Pema Chodron, 71 min.
7. Creating Enlightened Society, Sakyong Mipham, 95 min.
Bonus talk: The Proclamation of Goodness, Sakyong Mipham, 39 min.
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Produced by Emily Sell
Camera: James Hoagland, Kevin Hoagland, Ethan Neville
Content Editor: Benoît Côté
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Kalapa Recordings publishes video and audio recordings of the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and other Buddhist and Shambhala teachers. A division of Shambhala Media.

See also the books:
"Shambhala. The Sacred Path of the Warrior", by Chögyam Trungpa.1984. Shambhala Publications Inc, Boston.

"Ruling Your World. Ancient Strategies for Modern Life", by Sakyong Mipham. 2005. Morgan Road Books.

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