Kongpo Lama Yeshe Tsondru (1761 – 1816) "After death I have no freedom to choose where I shall be reborn, because that is determined by (my previous) deeds. The force of [...]

Je Tsong Khapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357-1419) "First, I sought out often extensive learning, Then all teachings dawned as trainings, Finally, I practiced all day and all night, Completely dedicated to spread [...]

Je Tsong Khapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357-1419) "This life is as impermanent as a water bubble; Remember how quickly it decays and death comes. After death, just like a shadow follows the [...]

Je Tsong Khapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357-1419) "By cultivating in mind that this human life is so hard to find Yet has no time to spare, preoccupations with this life will cease." [...]

Ngawang Drakpa of Dagpo (15th century) "Then to practise the actual teaching, Since every single quality in disciples' minds Depends on pleasing the excellent spiritual masters, To start, the way to [...]

Panchen Lobsang Yeshe (1663 – 1737) "Therefore, if one wishes to engage in the general stages of the path of the Great Vehicle and, specifically, in Highest Yoga Tantra, the vital [...]

His Holiness The Fifth Dalai Lama Lobsang Gyatso (1642–1682) "Lacking even a smattering of the experience of detachment from cyclic existence, how is it possible to give rise to a fully [...]

Panchen Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570–1662) "Having first meditated refuge, the spirit of enlightenment and the four immeasurable qualities, reflect upon the following, reciting it seven, twenty-one times or more: In particular, [...]

His Holiness The Third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543–1588) "This is how the complete body of the path that condenses all the principal points of the sutras and tantras is to [...]

Je Tsong Khapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357-1419) "Discriminating awareness is the eye for (seeing) The profound view of the nature of reality. It’s the pathway of mind for extracting the root of [...]