The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.

Are you quiet? Quieten your body.Quieten your mind.By your own effortsWaken yourself, watch,And live joyfully.Follow the truth of the way.Reflect upon it.Make it your own.Live it.
~Buddha from the Dhammapada

In a pellucid ocean,Bubbles arise and dissolve again.Just so, thoughts are noDifferent from ultimate reality,So don't find fault; remain at ease.Whatever arises, whatever occurs,Don't grasp-release it on the spot.Appearances, sounds, and objects Are all one's own mind;There's nothing except mind.
~Buddha from the Dhammapada

Free Tibet

"In the West, the word meditation means a concentrated state of mind in serious reflection. The Latin root of the word meditation, mederi, means "to heal." It is an effort to heal afflictions of the mind, the hurt ego, by trying to understand the cause of the problem and finding a way to solve it, that is, by knowing what counter-measures to take. To meditate thus, is to deepen a state of understanding"
~Sri Swami Shivapremananda

"Meditation is finding the medicine for the sickness we have created by ourselves"
~Godwin Samararatne, the founder of Nilambe Meditation Center

I do not wish to convert people from one organized religion to another; I have no interest in any of these organised religions. My interest is in Dhamma - the truth, the Teachings of all Enlightened ones. If at all there is any conversion, it should be from misery to happiness, from defilement to purity, from bondage to liberation, from ignorance to enlightenment.
~S N Goenka

The Dhamma can stand the test of those who are

anxious to do so. They can know for themselves what the benefits are.

~Sayagyi U Ba Khin

"If the Buddha talked to me I would say "Sir, I listen to you because I love you. I don't want to get anywhere because I see what you say is true, and I love you''. That's all. That has transformed everything."
~J. Krishnamurti

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
~Tenzin Gyatso

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
~Tenzin Gyatso

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
~Tenzin Gyatso

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. ~Tenzin Gyatso

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure we are not caught by it.

~Tenzin Gyatso

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
~Tenzin Gyatso

Open your arms to change,
but don't let go of your values.
~Tenzin Gyatso

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
~Tenzin Gyatso

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
~Tenzin Gyatso

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.
~Tenzin Gyatso

With realization of one's own potential and self confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.



Tenzin Gyatso