Right now we have obtained a human rebirth and have the opportunity to attain enlightenment through Dharma practice, so if we waste… — 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
Patience is a strength, not a weakness; and if by practicing patience we stop retaliating to harm and criticism, people will gradually… — 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
If we transform our ordinary mind into love and compassion we will naturally act in a positive way. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake. — 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
As Shantideva says, suffering has many good qualities because it purifies our negative karma, increases our renunciation and compassion, reduces our pride,… — 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
If we want to cook food we need to leave the stove on continuously and not keep turning it on and off.… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Just as full sunlight completely dispels all darkness but even a few rays provide a measure of light, so, if we complete… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Many people are very intelligent in accomplishing worldly attainments. This intelligence is not wisdom because worldly attainments such as a high position,… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
If everyone sincerely practices the path of compassion and wisdom, all their problems will be solved. I guarantee this. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
If everyone practiced cherishing others, many of the major problems of the world would be solved in a few years. — 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
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
