Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life

225 Pages·2005·4.45 MB·English

by  Sakyong Mipham

Turning the Mind into an Ally
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R u l i n g Y o u r
W orld

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Turning the Mind into an Ally

R u l i n g Y o u r
W o r l d
Sakyong Mipkam
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Chapter 11 originally appeared in a slightly different
version in Shambhala Sun.
Traditional verses on page 196 courtesy of the
Nalanda Translation Committee. Used by permission.
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Library of Congress Cataloging'in-Publication Data
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, 1962-
Ruling your world : ancient strategies for modern life / Sakyong Mipham.
p. cm.
1. Religious life—Buddhism. I. Tide.
BQ5395.S23 2005
294.3'444—dc22
2005047888
ISBN 0 - 7679 - 2065 - 1
5 7 9 10 8 6 4
To my father,
the first Sakyong,
and
to my teachers,
His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
and
His Holiness Drupwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche,
for empowering the Sakyong lineage