Je Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo (1878–1941) "Do not be obsessed with others. That is, you should analyze your own faults and not look into the faults of others at all. Otherwise you [...]

Je Gedun Jamyang "As for the prescriptive precepts [of taking refuge], they are to consider as the buddha jewel any image of a buddha's physical form, even one of inferior artistry [...]

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 [...]