Dharma quotes

by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.

by Lama Yeshe

To have an easy, happy life you have to be willing to correct your behavior and attitude and then make the effort to do so.

by Lama Zopa Rinpoche

This is very important in order for us to know clearly about the eight worldly dharmas. If you don't fully know, discover, recognize, there is no way to make pure Dharma Practice.

In the West, some people believe that you get rid of your anger by expressing it, that you finish it by letting it out. Actually, in this case what happens is that you leave an imprint in your mind to get angry again.

The path is the holy Dharma and the essence of the path is the good heart.

Buddha has already fulfilled his responsibility by revealing the path. Now its up to us.

The real practice of Dharma, the real meditation, is never to harm others. This protects both your own peace of mind and that of other beings. This is true, religious practice practice, it brings benefit to both yourself and others.

Use your wisdom to analyze what is most beneficial for yourself, the world and all other sentient beings ~ not just for now but also for the long distant future ~ and on the basis of that, decide how best to lead your life.

This good heart should be our prime concern in life.

For happiness cherish others.

The door of dharma practice is observing karma.

Daily Reflections" by Geshe Chonyi ~ from ABC centre

 

"From the moment you consider yourself to be a Dharma practitioner, you should always relate the teachings to the state of your mind and check if you are working to defeat your afflictions. Whatever you do - be it listening to the teachings, doing your daily commitments, practising generosity and so forth - you should check: "Will doing this help to weaken or even destroy my negative emotions?"and set the motivation, "I am doing this so that I can subdue my afflictions." By sincerely setting such a motivation, the process of destroying our afflictions has already begun."