If we want to cook food we need to leave the stove on continuously and not keep turning it on and off. If the heat is continuous, no matter whether it is high or low our food will eventually be… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Whenever we see anyone in a high or low position, male or female, they differ only in appearance, dress, behavior, and status. In essence they are all equal--they all experience problems in their lives. — 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
