Nothing can be accomplished just by reading words. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso More Quotes by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso More Quotes From Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Practicing Dharma is the supreme method for improving the quality of our human life. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso human-life method quality The great Tibetan meditator Gungtang Jampelyang once asked Geshe Kelsang Gyatso wise lying knowledge 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 from Sangha. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso practice blessing mean Everything we now enjoy has been provided through the kindness of other beings, past or present. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso enjoy kindness past It is through our anger and hatred that we transform people into enemies. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso hatred people enemy Right now we have obtained a human rebirth and have the opportunity to attain enlightenment through Dharma practice, so if we waste this precious opportunity in meaningless activities there is no greater loss and no greater foolishness. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso practice loss opportunity Love is the great protector, protecting us from anger and jealousy. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso protector love-is 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 to find a cup. In a similar way, the main wish of those who have great compassion is to protect all living beings from their suffering, but to fulfill this wish they know they must first attain Buddhahood themselves and so they naturally develop the secondary wish to attain enlightenment. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso compassion suffering tea When a fully qualified Mahayana disciple relies completely upon a fully qualified Mahayana Spiritual Guide the attainment of enlightenment is easy. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso enlightenment spiritual easy A practice that is suitable for one person is not necessarily suitable for someone else, and a practice that is appropriate for one person at one time is not necessarily appropriate for that same person at another time. Buddha did not expect us to put all his teachings into practice right away--they are intended for a great variety of practitioners of different levels and dispositions. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso different teaching practice We know that we are happy when our mind is peaceful, and unhappy when it is not. It is therefore clear that our happiness depends upon our having a peaceful mind and not on good external conditions. Even if our external conditions are poor, if we maintain a peaceful mind all the time we shall always be happy. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso happy time happiness I have not met one living being that has not been the mother of all the rest. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso mets mother Without improving our mind there is no way to solve our human problems. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso problem mind way A Temple is one of the best ways of benefiting other living beings - it is the best form of public service. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso public-service temples way Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso causes suffering mind Whenever anyone, Buddhist or not, sees a Temple or an image of Buddha they receive blessings. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso temples buddhist blessing As Shantideva says, suffering has many good qualities because it purifies our negative karma, increases our renunciation and compassion, reduces our pride, and helps us to overcome our bad mental habits. If we think in this way we will feel that difficult circumstances are our best friends. When our mind is balanced in this way it becomes as stable as Mount Meru, and nothing can cause it to shake. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso karma friends pride Buddha's teachings are scientific methods to solve the problems of all living beings permanently. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso scientific-method problem teaching We should realize that our deadliest enemies are anger and other delusions. Since these delusions are deeply ingrained mental habits, working to overcome them is not always easy. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso realizing overcoming enemy This impure world that we presently experience exists only in relation to our impure mind. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso mind relation world
