Sakyong Mipham
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, Chï¿½gyam 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 Chï¿½gyam 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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The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure