“You do not have to live in the world you are given.”
— Margaret Atwood
In a culture obsessed with doing, measuring, and maximizing, leadership is often reduced to performance. Metrics replace meaning. Urgency outshouts wisdom. But what if leadership is something else entirely — not a role, but a sacred space?
In Buddhist philosophy, particularly within the Vajrayana tradition, space (ākāśa) is not empty in a nihilistic sense. It is full of potential — a living field of awareness in which all things arise, unfold, and dissolve. A true leader is not someone who fills this space with noise and control. Instead, a true leader honors the space. They cultivate it and invite others into it.
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This leadership doesn’t shout. It listens. It doesn’t force. It allows. It doesn’t simply direct — it serves. From this view, leadership becomes an ethical and spiritual practice: the art of making space for transformation.
Space as a Leadership Principle
To lead from sacred space means leading from presence. It means offering your team, your clients, your community — even your own mind — the room to breathe. To not react from fear, but respond from clarity.
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This doesn’t mean being passive. It means becoming deeply attuned. Spacious leadership asks:
- What is really needed right now?
- What is arising naturally, and what am I trying to force?
- Who would I be as a leader if I trusted the unfolding?
When we drop our agendas and rest in awareness, we begin to feel the textures of space. From that space, the right action can emerge. Action that isn’t rushed. That isn’t ego-driven. But that lands with precision and kindness.
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As the great master Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche puts it:
“In the ordinary world, people seek power in order to control others.
In the sacred view, the greatest power is to control oneself.”
This inner discipline requires staying connected to openness. It avoids contracting into reactivity. This approach is one of the highest forms of leadership. And it’s rare. Because it takes courage to lead from space, when the world demands speed.
Time: Not a Scarcity, but a Teacher
In Buddhism, time isn’t a linear march toward productivity. It’s the unfolding of karma — a dynamic play of causes and conditions. When we lead with an awareness of time as interdependence, we stop trying to dominate the clock. We become stewards of rhythm.
This reframing is radical. Suddenly, the pauses matter as much as the plans. Stillness becomes part of the strategy. Reflection is no longer a luxury, but a necessity.
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A conscious leader learns to move in rhythm with life — not ahead of it, and not behind. And from that rhythm, they create trust, clarity, and authentic impact.
Triyana Leadership: A 3-Month Journey into Sacred Space
This is the leadership we practice in the Triyana Leadership Program. It is a 3-month journey for those who want to lead from something deeper than ambition.
It’s for leaders, teachers, creatives, coaches, and change-makers who are ready to:
- Explore the spacious ground of their own awareness
- Act with more clarity and compassion under pressure
- Build a leadership presence that is resilient, intuitive, and wise
- Align strategy with sacred view
I don’t teach tips and tricks. I offer transformation. This program is rooted in Buddhist teachings. It provides real-world tools for integration. The program helps you hold space for yourself and others. This is not just a technique but a way of being.
Ready to redefine leadership — not as a hustle, but as a path?
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“When there is no more grasping, space appears. When space appears, wisdom dances.”
— Vajrayana teaching
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Leadership is not about taking up more space.
It’s about making space sacred.
And in that space, something extraordinary can arise.
Warm Greetings,
Lama Chimey
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