All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Painful things do not come to us from outside, but arise from within our own mind. Circumstances or other people have no… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Pride is a mental factor causing us to feel higher or superior to others. Even our study of dharma can be the… — 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
When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem,… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Patience is a mind that is able to accept fully and happily, whatever occurs. It is much more than just gritting our… — 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
Our mental attitude transforms a situation into either a problem or an opportunity. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Since inner peace is the source of all happiness, we can see how important meditation is. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
I have not met one living being that has not been the mother of all the rest. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
This impure world that we presently experience exists only in relation to our impure mind. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
