Panchen Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen (1570–1662) “Next, to meditate the spirit of enlightenment, while meditating the master-deity on your head, reflect in the following manner: If I ask myself whether I now [...]

His Holiness The Third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543–1588) “Who should these poor mother sentient beings put their hope in, if not me? Who does the responsibility of freeing these mothers fall [...]

Je Tsong Khapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357-1419) “Ever-enhancing your enlightened motive of bodhicitta is the central axle of the Mahayana path. It is the basis and foundation for great waves of (enlightening) [...]

Kyabje Yongzin Trijang Rinpoche (1901-1981) “The observed objects of compassion are sentient beings who suffer due to any of the three kinds of suffering. Its aspect is the thought: “If only [...]

Je Tsong Khapa Lobsang Drakpa (1357-1419) “The way to cultivate love is as follows. Just as you can develop compassion once you have repeatedly thought about how living beings are made [...]

Lama Atisha Dipamkara (982–1054) “Having first generated sympathetic love For all sentient beings, Think of all of them without exception Undergoing the sufferings of the three lower realms, Of birth, of [...]

Kyabje Yongzin Trijang Rinpoche (1901-1981) “Meditating on repaying kindness [which all sentient beings have shown you when they were your mother in previous lives]: Even though you do not recognize them [...]

Je Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo (1878–1941) “When you were reborn as wild animals, your mothers treated you with loving kindness and looked after you. When your mother was a bird, for example, [...]

Je Gedun Jamyang “Why is it necessary to train one’s mind according to the seven-point instruction, causes and effect, which is the tradition of the great Lord, the glorious Atisha? Buddhahood [...]

Kongpo Lama Yeshe Tsondru (1761 – 1816) “Even implacable foes of past lives Have become friends in this life, and done me service. Past lives’ friends, too, become in this life [...]