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Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a distinguished Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author, born in 1931. He is recognized for his extensive teachings and writings on the Buddhist path, particularly within the New Kadampa Tradition.

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Famous Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Quotes

“Painful things do not come to us from outside, but arise from within our own mind. Circumstances or other people have no power to make us feel bad; the most they can do is trigger the potentials for painful feelings that already exist within our own mind.”

People Feels Mind Feelings Can Do Circumstances Painful Arise Triggers Painful Things Painful Feelings

Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“Pride is a mental factor causing us to feel higher or superior to others. Even our study of dharma can be the occasion for the delusion of pride to arise if we think our understanding is superior to that of everyone else. Pride is harmful because it prevents us from accepting fresh knowledge from a qualified teacher. Just as a pool of water cannot collect on the tip of a mountain, so too a reservoir of understanding cannot be established in a mind falsely elevated by pride.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Mind Understanding Water Accepting Study Teacher Pride Higher Mountain Arise Superiors Factors Occasions Delusion Pool Qualified Dharma Reservoirs

Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“Everything we have and everything we enjoy, including our very life, is due to the kindness of others. In fact, every happiness there is in the world arises as a result of others' kindness.”

World Facts Life Is Enjoy Results Kindness Including Dues Arise

Book:Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness

Source: Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness

“Being patient means to welcome wholeheartedly whatever arises.”

Mean Patient Arise Welcome Wholeheartedly

Book:Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey

Source: Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey

“When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem, but in reality whatever problems we experience come from the side of the mind. 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. 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.”

Source: Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra

“All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy.”

World Wish Arise

Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.”

Mind Stills Happy Arise Contentment Peace Of Mind Distraction Being Happy True Happiness Turbulence Peace And Quiet Deep Happiness

Book:The New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful

Source: The New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful

“Patience is a mind that is able to accept fully and happily, whatever occurs. It is much more than just gritting our teeth and putting up with things. Being patient means to welcome wholeheartedly whatever arises, having given up the idea that things should be other than what they are.”

Should Mind Mean Ideas Able Given Accepting Patient Arise Teeth Welcome Given Up Wholeheartedly

Book:Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey

Source: Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey