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• If everyone practiced cherishing others, many of the major problems of the world would be solved in a few years.

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  Years, Would Be, World

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• Whenever we practise meditation, whether or not our meditation is clear, we are performing a virtuous mental action that is a cause of our future happiness and peace of mind.

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  Meditation, Mind, Future Happiness

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.35, Tharpa Publications US

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• When we learn to accept difficult circumstances patiently, the real problem disappears.

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  Real, Problem, Accepting

  Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.324, Tharpa Publications UK

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• When a jealous person sees signs of other people's success and good fortune, his heart is pierced with envy. But someone who has learned to rejoice in the good fortune of others experiences only happiness. Seeing another person's beautiful house or attractive partner immediately makes him happy - the fact that they are not his own is irrelevant.

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  Beautiful, Jealous, Heart

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• The more we control our mind, the more our inner peace increases and the happier we become

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  Inner Peace, Mind, Increase

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2003). “The New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful”, p.4, Tharpa Publications UK

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• Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness and good fortune.

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  Future Happiness, Daily Problems, Cherish

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.59, Tharpa Publications US

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• Our mental attitude transforms a situation into either a problem or an opportunity.

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  Attitude, Opportunity, Problem

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• Normally we divide the external world into that which we consider to be good or valuable, bad or worthless, or neither. Most of the time these discriminations are incorrect or have little meaning. For example, our habitual way of categorizing people as friends, enemies, and strangers depending on how they make us feel is both incorrect and a great obstacle to developing impartial love for all living beings. Rather than holding so tightly to our discriminations of the external world, it would be much more beneficial if we learned to discriminate between valuable and worthless states of mind.

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  People, Mind, Enemy

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness”, p.127, Tharpa Publications US

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• We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake.

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  Mistake, Ideas, Needs

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• Since the real purpose of meditation is to increase our capacity to help others, taking time each day to meditate is not selfish. We have to manage our time and energy in such a way that we can be of maximum benefit to others, and to do this we need time alone to recover our strength, collect our thoughts, and see things in perspective

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  Strength, Time, Selfish

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness”, p.213, Tharpa Publications US

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• Pure happiness can only be attained through developing our mind.

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  Mind, Pure Happiness, Pure

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness”, p.44, Tharpa Publications US

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• It is through our anger and hatred that we transform people into enemies.

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  People, Hatred, Enemy

  Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.314, Tharpa Publications UK

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• Since inner peace is the source of all happiness, we can see how important meditation is.

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  Meditation, Inner Peace, Important

  Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.301, Tharpa Publications UK

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• Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind.

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  Mind, Suffering, Causes

  Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.6, Tharpa Publications UK

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• Faith is like pure eyes that enable us to see a pure and perfect world beyond the suffering world of samsara.

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  Eye, Perfect, Suffering

  Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.80, Tharpa Publications UK

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• Buddha's teachings are scientific methods to solve the problems of all living beings permanently.

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  Teaching, Scientific Method, Problem

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.11, Tharpa Publications US

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• One of the most common ways of not acknowledging our faults is to blame others.

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  Way, Faults, Common

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• The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want.

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  Want, Certain, Stuck

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.45, Tharpa Publications US

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• 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.

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  Teacher, Pride, Thinking

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• If we want to cook food we need to leave the stove on continuously and not keep turning it on and off. If the heat is continuous, no matter whether it is high or low our food will eventually be cooked. Similarly, if we continuously apply effort, even if it is only a small effort, it is certain that we shall eventually experience the fruits of our practice.

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  Inspiring, Practice, Effort

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (1990). “Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment”, p.149, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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• Patience is a strength, not a weakness; and if by practicing patience we stop retaliating to harm and criticism, people will gradually come to understand that our real nature is very special

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  Peace, Real, People

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• By meditating on affectionate love and wishing love for just one moment we accumulate greater merit than we would by giving food three times every day to all those who are hungry in the world.

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  Giving, Wish, Merit

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.64, Tharpa Publications US

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• Many people are very intelligent in accomplishing worldly attainments. This intelligence is not wisdom because worldly attainments such as a high position, reputation, wealth and success in business are deceptive. If we die tomorrow they will disappear tomorrow, and nothing will be left for our future. Wisdom, however, will never deceive us.

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  Intelligent, People, Business Success

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• The great Tibetan meditator Gungtang Jampelyang once asked
  'What is the difference between a wise man and a fool?'
  The difference lies in their intention. A wise person is someone who has a good intention, not someone who merely possesses knowledge.

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  Wise, Lying, Knowledge

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (1990). “Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment”, p.139, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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• Whenever we see anyone in a high or low position, male or female, they differ only in appearance, dress, behavior, and status. In essence they are all equal--they all experience problems in their lives.

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  Essence, Males, Dresses

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