Tilopa (988–1069) Indian mahasiddha and guru of Naropa; source of many lineages of tantric teachings. LamaYeshe.com/glossary

Take movies, for example. Sometimes what you see on the screen makes you afraid; sometimes it makes you so sad that you cry. It’s not reality; it’s an illusion. Therefore it’s very important that you remain aware of how the people and things around you affect your mind. Check up. - Lama Yeshe

A very early photo of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche holding puppies on the steps outside the original kitchen of the Old House on the property that later became Kopan Monastery. You can see many more archival photos at www.lamayeshe.com/gallery

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When the sentient beings of the time of quarrelling and five degenerations by the explosion of the great ocean of evil karma and jealousy are tormented by the intensive suffering of fighting and quarrelling, please dry this up by the power of transcendental wisdom and compassion.

Our self-cherishing thought is the root of all human problems. It makes our lives difficult and miserable. Bodhicitta substitutes others for self. It creates space in your mind. - Lama Yeshe

You have to examine your mind all day long every day and maintain constant awareness of the way you speak and act. -Lama Yeshe

A powerful jet plane needs a good pilot; the pilot of your mind should be the wisdom that understands its nature. Then you can direct your powerful mental energy to benefit your life instead of letting it run about uncontrollably like a mad elephant, destroying yourself and others. -Lama Yeshe

By living in an awareness of the present moment, it brings a kind of total relaxation. -Lama Yeshe

If you cultivate your mind in meditation, it becomes sharp and clean clear. - Lama Yeshe

"'I know nothing.' Is my answer: Spring in my old age" Kyoshi Takahama

If someone beats you with a stick, you usually do not get angry at the stick because it has no freedom; it is under the control of the person. Similarly, the person harming you is under the control of their anger. So they are an object of your practice of compassion. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Calm water is very clean and totally transparent, but we can’t see through dirty, disturbed water at all. Similarly, the attached mind can’t stay still; it’s always disturbed and obscured, like a sky filled with dust from a strong wind—everything is indistinct and blurred. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche

If you expect your life to be full of ups and downs, then your mind will be much more peaceful. -Lama Yeshe

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With a vast, brave mind, think, “No matter how long it takes, I’m going to do it. I’m not going to give up.” You have the plan inside your heart, but at the same time your mind is calm and relaxed. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Living one’s life under the control of ignorance is actually the heaviest prison—and everyone is living in it. — Lama Zopa Rinpoche bit.ly/Enjoy-Life-Liberated-From-The-Inner-Prison

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Meditation is OK. But even if you are unable to meditate it’s all right. My meditation is that as much as possible I try to be aware of my own actions. - Lama Yeshe

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By practicing patience you give peace to the world—to your parents, the rest of your family, your friends, the people you work with and, on the grand scale, all sentient beings.

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Here when we think of him, we can’t stand this situation, we can’t bear it. Compassion has to arise, our mind has no choice. Compassion has to arise for him, we have no choice, you can’t bear it. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche

To actualize Dharma you have to start from where you are and base any practice that you do on that foundation. -Lama Yeshe👌 bit.ly/Peaceful-Stillness-Silent-Mind

To meditate on the impermanence of this life, it’s useful to think like this: When you look at a river, think that just as the river flows, life finishes just as quickly. As the sun rises and sets, think that life passes just as quickly. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche #PopeFrancis

We should train ourselves not to become engrossed in any of the thoughts continuously arising in our mind. - Lama Yeshe

Why are we bored, lonely and lazy? Because we don’t have the will to totally open our hearts to others. - Lama Yeshe

Let your obsessed sense perception rest and allow your silent mind to surface. Then ask your question & the answer will appear. -Lama Yeshe

OM A RA PA TSA NA DHI dhi dhi dhi dhi dhi dhi....... (dhi = 🧡 wisdom) youthful Manjushri's mantra chanted by Lama Zopa

The reason we are unhappy is because we have extreme craving for sense objects, samsaric objects, and we grasp at them. We are seeking to solve our problems but we are not seeking in the right place. The right place is our own ego grasping; we have to loosen that tightness, that’s all.

Reality is simple but our ego totally embellishes it with a hundred different flavors, like ice cream. Actually, all those different flavors of ice cream are also simply projections of our ego. -Lama Yeshe

Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to traverse degenerate times. Here's the rest youtu.be/dh5rEmM2pMk

When you feel strong emotions arising, instead of getting busy, nervously doing something, just relax; try to be silent. -Lama Yeshe

Lama Zopa Rinpoche prepares students for a Yamantaka empowerment by discussing the proper motivation for taking the empowerment and how the wrathful aspect of Manjushri is the most important practice to eliminate obstacles to the attainment of wisdom.