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Ruling Your World
Ancient Strategies for Modern Life
By: Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Narrated by: Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
Release date: 06-02-2018
Language: English
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You're stuck in the airport security line, late for a flight. The line isn't moving. You're angry at the security personnel for taking so long, you're irritated at the other passengers for having so much stuff, you're mad at your boss for sending you on this trip in the first place. By the time you get to your gate you're angry, deflated, and exhausted. Then someone cuts in front of you in the line to board and you snap. "There's a line, you know!" Is that really you, standing in an airport, yelling at a stranger, emotions raging?
It happens to most of us more than we'd like to admit. In an instant, our lives seem out of control and overwhelming. It's always something, isn't it? But what if you could approach every part of your life--from the smallest decisions to life's biggest setbacks--with total confidence, clarity, and control?
According to Sakyong Mipham, we all have that power. The secret is simple: If you just stop thinking about yourself all the time, happiness and confidence will come naturally. It sounds absurd and, what's more, impossible. But in Ruling Your World, Sakyong Mipham shares ancient secrets on how to take control of our lives and be successful while cultivating compassion for others and confidence in our own intelligence and goodness. The key to this well-being lies in the ancient strategies of the warrior kings and queens of Shambhala.
The kingdom of Shambhala was an enlightened kingdom of benevolent kings and queens and fiercely trained warriors. No one knows for sure whether this kingdom was real or mythical, but there are ancient guidebooks to this land and practical instructions for creating a Shambhala in your own world, bringing peace, purpose, and perspective into your life and environment.
Sakyong Mipham, the descendant of a warrior king, has inherited these teachings and gives us the lessons and myths of the great rulers and warriors of Shambhala. He makes these teachings relevant to our twenty-first-century lives in a fresh and witty voice and helps us all to realize our potential for power and control in a seemingly uncontrollable world.
For the first time ever, revered spiritual leader Sakyong Mipham brings the lessons of the ancient Shambhala warriors and rulers to the Western world and shows us how to live our lives with confidence.
Most of us are living in a haze--sometimes helping others, sometimes helping ourselves, sometimes happy, sometimes sad. We don't feel in control of our own lives. The ancient teachings of Shambhala rulership show us that we all have the ability to rule our own world and live with confidence. To do this, we need to use our daily lives to be strong, as opposed to aggressive, and to act with wisdom and compassion. This may sound difficult, but when we begin to mix this ancient wisdom of rulership into our everyday life, we have both spiritual and worldly success. We don't need to abandon our life and become an ascetic or a monk in order to gain confidence and achieve this success. We can live in the world as a ruler no matter what we are doing.
--from Ruling Your World
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"This is a wonderful book with teachings to read, reread, practice, and embody." --Sharon Salzberg, bestselling author of Lovingkindness and Faith
"Sakyong Mipham offers inspirational vision--as well as practical guidelines--for enormously enriching our individual lives in a way that benefits others as well. Highly recommended for the honest and straightforward purity of the teaching and its immediate application in--and beyond--our everyday lives."
--Ken Wilber, author of The Simple Feeling of Being
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For the first time ever, revered spiritual leader Sakyong Mipham brings the lessons of the ancient Shambhala warriors and rulers to the Western world and shows us how to live our lives with confidence.
"Most of us are living in a haze--sometimes helping others, sometimes helping ourselves, sometimes happy, sometimes sad. We don't feel in control of our own lives. The ancient teachings of Shambhala rulership show us that we all have the ability to rule our own world and live with confidence. To do this, we need to use our daily lives to be strong, as opposed to aggressive, and to act with wisdom and compassion. This may sound difficult, but when we begin to mix this ancient wisdom of rulership into our everyday life, we have both spiritual and worldly success. We don't need to abandon our life and become an ascetic or a monk in order to gain confidence and achieve this success. We can live in the world as a ruler no matter what we are doing.
--from Ruling Your World"
You're stuck in the airport security line, late for a flight. The line isn't moving. You're angry at the security personnel for taking so long, you're irritated at the other passengers for having so much stuff, you're mad at your boss for sending you on this trip in the first place. By the time you get to your gate you're angry, deflated, and exhausted. Then someone cuts in front of you in the line to board and you snap. "There's a line, you know!" Is that really you, standing in an airport, yelling at a stranger, emotions raging?
It happens to most of us more than we'd like to admit. In an instant, our lives seem out of control and overwhelming. It's always something, isn't it? But what if you couldapproach every part of your life--from the smallest decisions to life's biggest setbacks--with total confidence, clarity, and control?
According to Sakyong Mipham, we all have that power. The secret is simple: If you just stop thinking about yourself all the time, happiness and confidence will come naturally. It sounds absurd and, what's more, impossible. But in" Ruling Your World, Sakyong Mipham shares ancient secrets on how to take control of our lives and be successful while cultivating compassion for others and confidence in our own intelligence and goodness. The key to this well-being lies in the ancient strategies of the warrior kings and queens of Shambhala.
The kingdom of Shambhala was an enlightened kingdom of benevolent kings and queens and fiercely trained warriors. No one knows for sure whether this kingdom was real or mythical, but there are ancient guidebooks to this land and practical instructions for creating a Shambhala in your own world, bringing peace, purpose, and perspective into your life and environment.
Sakyong Mipham, the descendant of a warrior king, has inherited these teachings and gives us the lessons and myths of the great rulers and warriors of Shambhala. He makes these teachings relevant to our twenty-first-century lives in a fresh and witty voice and helps us all to realize our potential for power and control in a seemingly uncontrollable world.
About the Author
the leader of Shambhala, a worldwide network of meditation and retreat centers. He's also an avid marathon runner and golfer, he frequently retreats to study at a Tibetan monastery in India, and he writes a regular column in the Shambhala Sun. He is the son of Chögyam Trungpa, who was instrumental in establishing Tibetan Buddhism in the West. The author of the bestselling Turning the Mind Into an Ally, Sakyong Mipham was named one of the thirty global visionaries of our time by Planet magazine. He spends his time teaching all over the world, using his unique blend of Eastern and Western perspectives to the benefit of his students in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.
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twisted_lloyd
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! Heart Opening!
Reviewed in Canada on 2 March 2014
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This is my absolute favourite book from this author. If you know any of The Sakyong's work, or his father Chogyam Trungpa ( founder of Shambhala Buddhism ). The Sakyong is now head of the Shambhala Buddhis lineage. But this book is not solely about buddhism, it is about living your life to the fullest. This book is so acceptable to the western frame of mind. It uses wonderful animal imagery to show how we can live our lives with peace, happiness, contentment, and love. I hope you get a chance to read this book and love it as much as I do.
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E. Kozlov
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book
Reviewed in Canada on 6 October 2015
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I have read Mipham's previous book (Turning the Mind into an Ally) and loved it. Thus, I had no hesitation in buying this book and I was absolutely right. Buy it, read it and you'll come back to it again and again.
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Morita, B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for self improvement
Reviewed in Brazil on 26 February 2015
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I’ve stepped into this book casually in a moment that I wanted some changes in my life and didn’t know exactly where and how to start. This was the first of several books that has taught me a lot in the past year. I am now reading it for the second time and it feels like there’s even greater thoughts that I hadn’t realized in the first reading. It’s definitely a good book if you’re looking for self-improvement. I have already read some other books from the same author, and they are all really great! I recommend them all.
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Bene
5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite book!
Reviewed in Canada on 25 July 2014
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Best book I've ever read! I keep reading and reading again! It's definitely a must-read book. My 17yrs old read it and he found it very interesting! The world would be such a better place if everyone was ruling his world like Sakyong Mypham teaches us to. A very positive book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly engaging!
Reviewed in Canada on 14 December 2018
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Truly amazing! Beautifully articulated! I had notes for self and stars all over. Something you can read time and time again.
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