Tony Stevens

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

Neutral concentration is necessary to prevent our mind from becoming distracted during mundane tasks, such as driving, sewing and cooking.

[Modern Buddhism @ModernBuddhism]

Enlightenment is the inner light of wisdom that is permanently free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow mental peace upon each and every living being every day.

[Buddhist Meditation @FindInnerPeace]

Our very subtle mind – our Buddha nature – is very precious, like a priceless jewel, but we cannot recognize it unless we engage in special methods for recognizing it that Buddha explained in his Highest Yoga Tantra teachings. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

Sometimes concentration is neutral and sometimes it is non-virtuous. Non-virtuous concentration should be avoided, but we need both virtuous and neutral concentration.

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

Most primary minds have a degree of concentration, but simply possessing good concentration does not mean that we have attained Dharma realizations. The concentrations that are mentioned in the Lamrim teachings are necessarily virtuous, but not all concentrations are virtuous.

[Modern Buddhism @ModernBuddhism]

When we attain enlightenment, we can directly benefit each and every living being every day. The attainment of enlightenment is therefore the real meaning of human life.

[Buddhist Meditation @FindInnerPeace]

Problems arise only if we respond to difficult external situations with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we really want to be free from problems we must learn to control our mind by controlling our desire. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

[Buddhist Meditation @FindInnerPeace]

The very subtle mind is so called because it is extremely difficult to recognize. Without the very subtle mind we would have no life because our gross and subtle minds cannot hold our life. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

The definition of concentration is a mental factor that makes its primary mind remain on its object single-pointedly. Concentration serves to focus our mind on one object. It can develop only when the object is held firmly by mindfulness.

[Buddhist Meditation @FindInnerPeace]

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

[Modern Buddhism @ModernBuddhism]

The opportunity to practice Dharma is our extraordinary good fortune.

[Modern Buddhism @ModernBuddhism]

When we attain enlightenment we will have fulfilled our own wishes, and we can fulfil the wishes of all other living beings; we will have liberated ourself permanently from the sufferings of this life and countless future lives.

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

Normally we say, ‘I created such and such’, or, ‘He or she created such and such’, but the actual creator of everything is the mind. We are like servants of our mind; whenever it wants to do something, we have to do it without any choice.

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

Through studying many Buddhist texts we may become a renowned scholar; but, if we do not put Buddha’s teachings into practice, our understanding of Buddhism will remain hollow, with no power to solve our own or others’ problems.

[Venerable Thubten Chodron @ThubtenChodron]

Everyone wants to be loved—to have his or her positive aspects noticed and acknowledged, to be cared for and treated with respect. Almost everyone is afraid of being judged, criticized, and rejected as unworthy...

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

Since all actions are created by mind, ultimately everything, including the world itself, is created by mind.

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

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.

[Modern Buddhism @ModernBuddhism]

Material development often causes suffering and problems to increase; therefore it is not the real meaning of human life.

[Geshe Kelsang Gyatso @Geshe_Kelsang]

Buddha taught that the mind has the power to create all pleasant and unpleasant objects.

[Buddhist Meditation @FindInnerPeace]

The instructions given in the book 'How to Solve Our Human Problems' are methods for improving our human nature and qualities through developing the capacity of our mind. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso