Quotes by Buddhist Lamas

If you want to have peace of mind, you need to listen to your heart or your inner nature. If you want to have peace of mind, you need to listen to your heart or your inner nature.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
The foundational Vajrakilaya is the sun shining in the sky behind the clouds. The path Vajrakilaya is the removal of the clouds from the sky through the force of wind and rain, or whatever; it is the path of method and wisdom, combined. And the resultant Vajrakilaya is the nature of your mind, the nature of your rigpa, which is the same mind as the mind of the primordial buddha, Kuntuzangpo. The path Vajrakilaya is the removal of the adventitious veil of obscuration that covers rigpa. Applying the method by practicing generation stage (kyerim) and completion stage (dzogrim), accumulating merit and purifying negative karma, removing that veil, is the path. The result is realizing that ones own self nature is buddha. So the result is the same as the foundation. In the beginning you are buddha, and in the end you are buddha.
Gyatrul Rinpoche
The grasping mind holds on to everything – beliefs, people, possessions – so that it seems as though there is hardly any room to breathe.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Ironically, we often spend a great deal of time and effort trying to control our external conditions, while letting our internal reactions run wild.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Only the impossible is worth doing.
Akong Rinpoche
Habits of the mind also provide our mental framework – the way we see the world
Gyalwa Dokhampa
We all have this restful mind, but sometimes our fears and our ego mind get the better of us and we can’t see it.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
The Appreciation Meditation is the first step towards allowing and encouraging your inner nature to come to the surface of your mind.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
The tendency of the human mind is to see the world with a ‘dualistic’ view that describes everything through comparisons: good and bad, pain and happiness, beauty and ugliness, rich and poor.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Having a roof over your head with enough food to eat is a fundamental need of all humans if they are to achieve happiness.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Before any change for the better can take place, a level of understanding is always needed; because without understanding we tend to fall back on the automatic responses and reactions that we have built up over our lives.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Think about the suffering we cause ourselves internally through getting angry or jealous.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
It is through the filter of our ego that we give meaning to everything we see, touch, hear, taste and feel.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Someone who is said to have a big ego is thought to be full of themselves, to lack the ability to listen, to always rush to be at the top of the tree and to think their own ideas are the best.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
We are nourished by our relationships and generosity in return to our kindness and compassion for others.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Our experi¬ences and our memories are within us, and the key is to be aware of the lens or the filter, to realise that we can also change the angle, especially when we are feeling agitated or stuck in life, that we can change the record.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Our experiences and our memories are within us, and the key is to be aware of the lens or the filter, to realise that we can also change the angle, especially when we are feeling agitated or stuck in life, that we can change the record.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
A beautiful country is a dream-like an illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Through meditation, difficult thoughts and emotions may well rise up. And through practice, you can meet such emotions with kindness, listen to them, explore them and then really let them go.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
It is important to be considerate of the future, but when we invest all of our present in our future hopes, we are placing a lot of value on what is inevitably in doubt.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
We can become fearless as we let go off our grasp on the fear of failure, because failure too is a perception rather than a reality.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Happiness is a beautiful feeling. It is a beautiful mind, and a peaceful mind
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Desire also creates a sense of attachment in the mind. Not only are we attached to our way of thinking and of seeing the world, but we become over-attached to the people or things we desire.
Gyalwa Dokhampa
Because of the Dharma, my mind was more free in prison than worldly people experience in the best of circumstances.
Yangthang Rinpoche