‘You need self-confidence and determination; feeling depressed and losing hope will never help to improve any situation.’
Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhism
Morning meditation — If you physically want to build a pyramid, the base must be very strong.
‘I would now like to refer again to this idea of the pyramid regarding morality (shila), wisdom, and meditation (or concentration). If you physically want to build a pyramid, the base must be very strong.’
Geshe Tashi Tsering
Morning meditation — Buddhism does not assert that there is anyone who.
‘Buddhism does not assert that there is anyone who from the beginning is free from faults and possesses all good qualities.’
Dalai Lama
Morning meditation — Your future projects and plans are like nets cast in a dry riverbed.
‘Your future projects and plans are like nets cast in a dry riverbed: they’ll never bring what you want. Limit your desires and aspirations.’
Words of my Perfect Teacher
Morning meditation — Remember that calmness and compassion.
‘Remember that calmness and compassion are an important part of living a fruitful, positive human life.’
Dalai Lama
Morning meditation — When the time is right to help someone.
‘On occasion, when the time is right to help someone,
Undertake it altruistically to achieve it as best you can.’
Advice to the Yogis of Solu-Khumbu
The Life and Work of Auleshi: Sherpa Buddhist Art and Adept.
For followers of Tibetan Buddhism, this book offers valuable insights into a lesser-known strand of the tradition.
Morning meditation — Kindness and the good heart.
‘Kindness and the good heart are important at the beginning, in the middle and at the end.’
Dalai Lama
Buddhism now 