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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
Without inner peace, there is no real happiness at all. The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become. Therefore, the real method to make ourself happy is to control our own mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Buddha said that those who understand their own faults are wise, whereas those who are unaware of their own faults yet look for faults in others are fools. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
When we learn to view our feelings in a more detached way, seeing them simply as waves in the ocean of our mind, they become less frightening and much easier to deal with constructively. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
Problems, suffering and unhappiness do not exist outside the mind; they are feelings and thus part of our mind. Therefore, it is only by controlling our mind that we can permanently stop our problems and make ourself and others truly happy. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
If we are able to recognize a negative train of thought before it develops into full-blown anger, it is not too hard to control. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
Just as water cannot flow in a stream that has been blocked, anger cannot arise in a mind that no longer entertains unhappy thoughts.
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Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Happiness and suffering are states of mind and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must learn how to control our mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
12 years
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
When our mind is peaceful, we are happy, even if our external conditions are unpleasant. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
Just by doing breathing meditation for ten or fifteen minutes each day, we will be able to reduce stress. We will experience a calm, spacious feeling in the mind, and many of our usual problems will fall away. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
There is no evil greater than anger. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
If we practice breathing meditation patiently, gradually our distracting thoughts will subside and we will experience a sense of inner peace and relaxation. Our mind will feel lucid and spacious and we will feel refreshed. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
We need to think about our own faults because if we are not aware of them we will not be motivated to overcome them. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
One of the most harmful effects of anger is that it robs us of our reason and good sense. We lose all freedom of choice, driven here and there by an uncontrollable rage. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
The first stage of meditation is to stop distractions and make our mind clearer and more lucid. This can be accomplished by practicing a simple breathing meditation. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
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 on our having a peaceful mind and not on good external conditions. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
We blame other people, our friends, our food, our government, our times, the weather, society, history and so forth. However, external circumstances such as these are not the main causes of our problems. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
If we train in meditation systematically, eventually we shall be able to eradicate from our mind the delusions that are the causes of all our problems and suffering. In this way, we shall come to experience permanent inner peace. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
Problems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to be free from problems, we must transform our mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
To prevent anger developing, as soon as we notice its early stages – such as slight feelings of hostility – we need to quench the first sparks of anger by meditation, reminding ourself of all the harm anger brings to ourself and others. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
Whenever we meditate, we are performing an action that causes us to experience inner peace in the future. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Normally our need to escape from unpleasant feelings is so urgent that we do not give ourself the time to discover where these feelings actually come from. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
Problems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to be free from problems, we must transform our mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
If we die with a peaceful mind, this will stimulate a virtuous seed and we will experience a fortunate rebirth. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
The opponent to anger is patience, and if we are seriously interested in advancing along the path of spiritual development there is no greater practice than this. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Karma means actions: the actions of our body, speech and mind. This subject is very meaningful. Throughout our life we have to experience various kinds of suffering and problems without choice. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
Since this world evolved, human beings have spent almost all their time and energy improving external conditions in their search for happiness and a solution to their problems. What has been the result? ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
When anger arises in our mind, instead of making excuses we need to say to ourself, ‘This anger is the inner poison of delusion. It has no value or justification; its only function is to harm. I will not tolerate its presence in my mind.’ ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
By doing breathing meditation for ten or fifteen minutes each day, difficult situations will become easier to deal with, we will naturally feel warm and well disposed towards other people, and our relationships with others will gradually improve. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
It is sufficient to train ourself in two disciplines: abandoning our faults and rejoicing in the good qualities of others. - Geshe Kelsang
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Buddhist Meditation
3 years
If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind they would not be problems for us; indeed, we may even come to regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Unless we make some time every day to meditate we will find it very difficult to maintain peaceful and positive minds in our daily life, and our spiritual practice as a whole will suffer. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
7 years
It is time we sought happiness from a different source. Happiness is a part of the mind that experiences inner peace, or peace of mind, so the real source of happiness must lie within the mind, not in external conditions. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
If we integrate Buddha’s teachings into our daily life, we will be able to solve all our inner problems and attain a truly peaceful mind. Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
If our mind is impure and unpeaceful we will never be happy, no matter how hard we try to change our external conditions. We could change our home or our partner countless times, but until we change our restless, discontented mind we will never find real happiness. ~Geshe Kelsang
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
There are also people who just want to be left alone or who dislike any display of affection. Loving others is principally an attitude of mind, and the way in which we express it depends upon the needs and wishes of each individual. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Once anger has flared up in our mind it is difficult to control. It becomes like a forest fire raging in whichever direction the wind blows. Therefore by watching our own mind we must learn to identify anger in its early stages and avert it before it explodes~Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Our problems do not exist outside our mind. The real nature of our problems is our unpleasant feelings, which are part of our mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
If our mind is not peaceful, we will never be happy, even if our external conditions are perfect. For example, when we are enjoying ourself with our friends at a party, if we become angry for some particular reason, the moment we get angry our happiness disappears.~ Geshe Kelsang
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
Practicing Dharma is the supreme method for improving the quality of our human life. The quality of life depends not upon external development or material progress, but upon the inner development of peace and happiness. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
All living beings have two basic wishes – to be happy all the time, and to be completely free from suffering and problems. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
If we are jealous of other peoples’ good qualities, ungrateful and overly critical, our own mind will become unhappy. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
7 years
We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called ‘peacekeeping forces’ into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be imposed from the outside with guns. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
Even if universal peace and harmony seems too much to hope for, imagine the freedom and peace of mind each of us individually would enjoy if we managed to free ourself completely from the distorted and destructive mind of anger. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
If we integrate Buddha’s teachings into our daily life, we will be able to solve all our inner problems and attain a truly peaceful mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
5 years
Painful feelings are only feelings, a few moments of bad weather in the mind, with no power to cause us any lasting harm. There is no need to take them so seriously. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
Buddha taught that everything depends upon the mind. To realize this, we must first understand the nature and functions of the mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
Anger is a response to feelings of unhappiness, which in turn arise whenever we meet with unpleasant circumstances. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
2 years
Happiness and suffering are states of mind and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must learn how to control our mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
Only good can come from contemplating the good qualities of others. Therefore, whereas ordinary beings look for faults in others, Bodhisattvas look solely for good qualities. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
7 years
Many people believe that material development is the real meaning of human life, but we can see that no matter how much material development there is in the world it never reduces human suffering and problems. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
Buddha taught that the mind has the power to create all pleasant and unpleasant objects. The world is the result of the karma, or actions, of the beings who inhabit it. A pure world is the result of pure actions and an impure world is the result of impure actions.~ Geshe Kelsang
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
7 years
Patience is the main cause of great beauty. Generosity is the main cause of great resources. Offering protection to others is the main cause of great power. Studying and rejoicing in Dharma is the main cause of great wisdom. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
It is very important to be able to distinguish unpeaceful states of mind from peaceful states. States of mind that disturb our inner peace, such as anger, jealousy, and attachment, are called ‘delusions’. These are the principal causes of all our suffering. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
When our mind is free from the turbulence of distracting conceptions it becomes calm and smooth. When we are enjoying internal peace and happiness our craving for external sources of pleasure naturally declines and it is easy to remain content. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Due to strong attachment to our own views, we immediately experience the inner problem of unpleasant feelings when someone opposes them. This causes us to become angry, which leads to arguments with others, and this in turn gives rise to further problems. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
7 years
If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind they would not be problems for us. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
If we were asked, ‘Who caused all the wars in which so many people have died?’, we would have to reply that they were caused by angry minds. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
When our mind is calm and pure, positive karmic imprints ripen and pleasant dream appearances arise; but when our mind is agitated and impure, negative karmic imprints ripen and unpleasant, nightmarish appearances arise. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
Meditation makes our mind become peaceful, and when our mind is peaceful we are happy all the time. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
If we do not maintain a peaceful state of mind, we are not happy even if we have ideal conditions. On the other hand, when our mind is peaceful, we are happy, even if our external conditions are unpleasant. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
If we sincerely want to be rid of all enemies, the wisest course of action is to uproot and destroy our own anger. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
5 years
Remembering that getting angry will solve nothing and only create more suffering for both ourself and others, we should then make the effort to channel our mind in a more constructive direction. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
2 years
To solve the problem of anger, we first need to recognize the anger within our mind, acknowledge how it harms both ourself and others, and appreciate the benefits of being patient in the face of difficulties. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Just as a bird cannot fly if it has stones tied to its legs, so we cannot make progress on the spiritual path if we are tightly tied down by the chains of attachment. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Delusions are the principal causes of all our suffering. We may think that our suffering is caused by other people, by poor material conditions, or by society, but in reality it all comes from our own deluded states of mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
By controlling our desire we can make ourself happy all the time. This is because uncontrolled desire is the source of all suffering and problems. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
2 years
Buddhas are not enlightened from the beginning. They were once ordinary beings who, like us, had the seeds of compassion. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
Whenever we become aware of our non-virtuous actions and negative states of mind, instead of becoming depressed and angry, feeling overwhelmed and disappointed every time they arise, we should respond wisely and creatively. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
7 years
The happiness that we normally experience through eating, drinking, sex and so forth is not real happiness, but merely a reduction of a previous problem or dissatisfaction. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
All our problems – our unpleasant feelings – come from our delusions of attachment and self-grasping ignorance, therefore these delusions are the main causes of our problems. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
If we train our mind to become peaceful we shall be happy all the time, even in the most adverse conditions. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
When our wishes are not fulfilled, or when we are sick, bereaved, or otherwise in difficulty, we should not be discouraged. Instead of feeling self-pity, we should use our suffering to strengthen our spiritual practice. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind they would not be problems for us; indeed, we may even come to regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
2 years
We must be careful to distinguish attachment from love. Love is a virtuous mind that creates only peace and happiness, whereas attachment is never virtuous and causes pain and problems. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
If we meditate on love for just five minutes, or if we make just one prostration to our Spiritual Guide regarding him or her as an emanation of all the Buddhas, we will create immeasurable merit. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Most political problems experienced throughout the world are caused by people with strong attachment to their own views. Many problems are also caused by people’s attachment to their religious views. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
It is impossible for our body to go to the moon without traveling in a spaceship, but our mind can reach the moon in an instant just by thinking about it. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
7 years
Meditation has many functions: it overcomes inner problems such as those created by anger, jealousy, attachment and ignorance.-Geshe Kelsang
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
Instead of looking for faults in others’ behavior and extolling our own good qualities we should do just the opposite.- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
If we can do this, there is no danger of our anger being ‘bottled up’ and turning into resentment. Controlling anger and repressing anger are two very different things. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
When we develop real patience our mind will be as stable as a mountain and as calm as the depths of an ocean. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
If we waste our merit on material possessions, reputation, popularity or power there will not be enough positive energy left in our mind to effect deep spiritual realizations. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
The more wealth we have, the more we desire. The wealth we seek is unfindable because we seek an amount that will satiate our desires, and no amount of wealth can do that. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
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 on our having a peaceful mind and not on good external conditions. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
Our ability to help others also depends upon our karmic connection with them from this and previous lives. We all have a close circle of people with whom we have a special karmic connection in this life. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Buddhist Meditation
3 years
We can learn to identify our delusions by observing our own mind and noticing which states make us unquiet and uncontrolled. When our mind is not affected by strong delusions we are at ease and our mind is clear. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Buddhist Meditation
3 years
Every living being has the same basic wish – to be happy and avoid suffering. Even newborn babies, animals and insects have this wish. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
6 years
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
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Buddhist Meditation
3 years
For example, in the past many Buddhists lived in poor and underdeveloped countries, but they were able to find pure, lasting happiness by practicing what Buddha had taught. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
Due to strong attachment to our own views, we immediately experience the inner problem of unpleasant feelings when someone opposes them. This causes us to become angry, which leads to arguments and conflicts with others. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become. Therefore, the real method to make ourself happy is to control our own mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
8 years
Anger is a response to feelings of unhappiness, which in turn arise whenever we meet with unpleasant circumstances. - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
4 years
If we could see everything and everyone as beautiful we would not develop anger or jealousy but would feel affectionate love for all living beings. On the basis of this we would find it very easy to generate compassion and bodhichitta. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
2 years
Until now we have been trying to change the external conditions, but this clearly has not worked. Now we need to change our mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
We should feel equal compassion for all living beings without exception; there is not a single living being who is not a suitable object of our compassion. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
At death our mind separates from our body permanently. Our body remains at the place of this life but our mind goes to various places of our future lives, like a bird leaving one nest and flying to another. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
The essence of Dharma practice is to reduce and eventually to completely eradicate our delusions, and to replace them with peaceful, virtuous states of mind. This is the main purpose of training in meditation. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
3 years
A human life such as ours is extremely rare and difficult to obtain, so what a great tragedy it would be if, instead of using it to advance spiritually, we were to waste it by living like an animal. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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@FindInnerPeace
Buddhist Meditation
2 years
Instead of blaming other people or circumstances and viewing these as our enemies, we should recognize that it is the anger within our mind that is the real source of our suffering. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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