Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Pure happiness can only be attained through developing our mind. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
“Happiness and suffering are states of mind and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind.” — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Since inner peace is the source of all happiness, we can see how important meditation is. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within the mind, not in external conditions. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
There is no greater method for experiencing peace of mind and happiness than to understand and meditate on Emptiness. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Whenever we practise meditation, whether or not our meditation is clear, we are performing a virtuous mental action that is a cause… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
“Self-cherishing and self-grasping are different aspects of one mind. Self-grasping grasps at an inherently existent ‘I’, and self-cherishing believes that such an… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Everything we have and everything we enjoy, including our very life, is due to the kindness of others. In fact, every happiness… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
No matter how many possessions we acquire, they will not provide us with any lasting happiness and freedom. On the contrary, it… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, and as a result we have witnessed remarkable material progress, but… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
When a jealous person sees signs of other people's success and good fortune, his heart is pierced with envy. But someone who… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
We know that we are happy when our mind is peaceful, and unhappy when it is not. It is therefore clear that… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Our mental attitude transforms a situation into either a problem or an opportunity. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
Today we can see many different forms of Buddhism, such as Zen and Theravada Buddhism. All these different aspects are practices of Buddha's teachings,… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
Going for refuge to Buddha,Dharma, and Sangha means that we apply effort to receiving Buddha's blessings, to putting Dharma into practice, and to receiving… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
Enlightenment is the inner light of wisdom that is permanently free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow mental peace upon… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
Anger is one of the most common and destructive delusions, and it afflicts our mind almost every day. To solve the problem of anger,… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
Whenever we practise meditation, whether or not our meditation is clear, we are performing a virtuous mental action that is a cause of our… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
Right now we have obtained a human rebirth and have the opportunity to attain enlightenment through Dharma practice, so if we waste this precious… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
Since inner peace is the source of all happiness, we can see how important meditation is. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
I have not met one living being that has not been the mother of all the rest. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
All objects whether pleasant, unpleasant or neutral, are mere appearances to the mind just like things experienced in a dream — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
When a jealous person sees signs of other people's success and good fortune, his heart is pierced with envy. But someone who has learned… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
This impure world that we presently experience exists only in relation to our impure mind. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
“someone places a toy rubber snake in our room, the first time we see it we may believe that it is a real snake… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share
