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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.3444
EAN num: 9780767920803
ISBN number: 0767920805
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Page Count: 224
Printing Date: October 10, 2006
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Release Date: October 10, 2006
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For the very 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 very 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.
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Beautiful book by Sakyong Mipham...
The ideas and theory behind the talks are alot deeper than they very first appear.....
Instead of listening to NPR news and the "negative" news always on tv/radio... its nice to listen to these audio books...
I am not very good at sitting meditation, so I did not sure the 3rd CD yet... but overall... recommend this great audio CD..
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The son of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Sakyong Mipham who is the lineage holder for the Shambhala world his father revealed, is able to freshly express this royal path. The "crazy wisdom" taste of Trungpa isn't here but is wonderfully matched by the gentle, loving and compassionate clarity of the Sakyong. This is a short book that is very easy to read and reflect upon. The chapters are short and to the point. There are glimpses of the writer and his life which make this very human and real. Shambhala, windhorse and the dralas are meant to inspire and this book does that. Although it's simple and clear, it bears rereading and studying. It makes this reader look forward to future teachings of the writer.
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Ruling Your World was another insightful thought provoking work by the master communicator Sakyong Mipham. The author's teachings in this book are about how to conquer your mind, finding the goodness that already exists there, loosing the "me-ness" in favor doing for others, and through actions being a living example for others and making the world a better place by bringing heaven to earth.
I stumbled upon this author's book: Turning the Mind into an Ally and enjoyed it so much that I could not wait to read more. I was not disappointed after reading: Ruling Your World. It is another jewel and like the very first book a must read for those serious about discovering truth and wisdom.
This author was trained in the Eastern traditions and brings communications skills from his life in the Western world to reach a greater part of the world. I savored each and every sentence of this short book and found his concluding chapter a strong and colorful summary to this enlightening work.
I recommend it to open minded people of all cultures, generations, and religious backgrounds. Its upbeat message is a breath of fresh air. Buy it today! You will wonder why more people do not know this 46 year old enlightened spiritual Tibetan leader and his virtuous teaching.
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Ruling without sufficient understanding has led to enormous difficulties in human history.
If we truly understood our world, and wanted to help it and the people in it -- then developing intelligent networks would make more sense than creating authoritarian hierarchies.
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Ruling Your World is a great book but it certainly does not go in the direction of typical western thinking. Ruling Your World is not about getting anybody or everybody under your rule or control. Ruling Your World is simply about ruling yourself. If you gain control of yourself, then you rule your world.
For those who are familiar with the teachings of Buddha, there is nothing new in this book. However the book is easy to read and certainly can reinforce information we have already been exposed to.
If you are not familiar with the teachings of Buddha, then this is a great place to start. Sakyong Mipham drives home a very strong point, by concentrating on the little "me" we are engaging in a game we cannot win. The typical western belief is that by acquiring things we will become happy. The simple truth is the ego will never be satisfied. The more we get, the more we want. This becomes a never ending cycle.
There are some very good lessons to be learned. Unfortunately most of them go opposite to western thinking. So it will take much reflection and contemplation to accept these ideas. And as it pointed out, they are no good unless and until we internalize them.
Here is an example of one very important lesson.
We make faulty decisions based on anger, jealousy, desire or pride - signs that we are looking out for "me". If anger is the cause and we want happiness as the result, it's not going to work, because every result has to have a relationship to the cause.
A very good book - worthy of study and contemplation. Once you rule yourself, you rule your world.
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