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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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All Mind Ifs Problem Way World Practice Needs Arise People Helping Suffering Compassion Enlightenment Meditation Real Want Causes Cherish Dharma Inner Peace

Famous Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Quotes

“Right now we have obtained a human rebirth and have the opportunity to attain enlightenment through Dharma practice, so if we waste this precious opportunity in meaningless activities there is no greater loss and no greater foolishness.”

Ifs Humans Opportunity Loss Practice Greater Right Now Activity Waste Enlightenment Meaningless Foolishness Rebirth Dharma

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

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

“We underestimate the value of patience. It is possible that people might sometimes interrupt our meditation sessions or Dharma study, but they can never take away our opportunity to train in inner virtues such as patience. It is this mental training, rather than outer virtuous activities, that is the essence of Dharma practice.”

People Sometimes Might Values Opportunity Practice Virtue Study Meditation Activity Training Essence Train Virtuous Underestimate Session Dharma

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

“Practicing Dharma is the supreme method for improving the quality of our human life.”

Humans Quality Method Supreme Human Life Improving Dharma

Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

“Going for refuge to Buddha,Dharma, and Sangha means that we apply effort to receiving Buddha's blessings, to putting Dharma into practice, and to receiving help from Sangha.”

Mean Helping Effort Practice Blessing Receiving Refuge Dharma Sangha

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

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