Piyawadana

See all living beings as your father or mother, and love them as if you were their child.

Whatever joy there is in the world All comes from desiring others to be happy, And whatever suffering there is in this world All comes from desiring myself to be happy. Whatever joy there is in the world All comes from desiring others…

Some may be inspired to respectfully adorn the body of a bodhisattva with sandalwood powder, while others may prefer to throw lava on the bodhisattva's head, yet both affect the bodhisattva equally. May the mind of equanimity be developed.

Give gain and victory to others. Take loss and defeat upon yourself.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

Knowing one thing liberates all - know the one thing that liberates everything - awareness itself, your true nature. If that one thing is ignored, everything else turns into speculative philosophy and mere proliferation of concepts Maha…

Since the happiness, pleasure, and friends you gather in this life last only for a moment, put them all behind you. Since future lives last for a very long time, gather up riches to provide for the future Atisha

Whenever you suffer misfortune or illness, think "This repays my karmic debts from former lifetimes and purifies my negative karma!" No matter what happiness you have, regard it as the kindness of the Three Jewels and arouse the strong…

There is not a method to overturn the certainty of death, like a lamp running out of oil in the darkness of night. In respect to that, oneself with courage cannot turn back death, the strength and great power of Vishnu, tigers, lions,…