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From Quotes by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
- Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace…
- The path to enlightenment is really very simple - all we need to do is stop cherishing ourself and learn to cherish others. All other…
- When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem, but in reality…
- All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy.
- Patient acceptance is often considered a weak and passive response to problems that we do not have the power or courage to solve. In reality,…
- When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.
- In general, 'Buddha' means 'Awakened One', someone who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and sees things as they really are. A Buddha is…
- Love is the great protector, protecting us from anger and jealousy.
- We are all interconnected in a web of kindness from which it is impossible to separate ourself.
- The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of mind,…
- When we want a cup of tea our main wish is to drink tea, but to fulfill this wish we naturally develop the secondary wish…
- Our world does not exist from its own side--like a dream world, it is a mere appearance to our mind. In dreams we can see…
- 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 help…
- Painful things do not come to us from outside, but arise from within our own mind. Circumstances or other people have no power to make…
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