If we transform our ordinary mind into love and compassion we will naturally act in a positive way. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Since the real purpose of meditation is to increase our capacity to help others, taking time each day to meditate is not… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
When we want a cup of tea our main wish is to drink tea, but to fulfill this wish we naturally develop… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Normally we divide the external world into that which we consider to be good or valuable, bad or worthless, or neither. Most… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
A Temple is one of the best ways of benefiting other living beings - it is the best form of public service. — 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
We do not need to become unhappy just because things don't go our way. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Without improving our mind there is no way to solve our human problems. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
When we look at external things, we can usually distinguish those that are useful and valuable from those that are not. We… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
One of the most common ways of not acknowledging our faults is to blame others. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Our world does not exist from its own side--like a dream world, it is a mere appearance to our mind. In dreams… — 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
