When we look at external things, we can usually distinguish those that are useful and valuable from those that are not. We must learn to look at our mind in the same way.

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

Love is the great protector, protecting us from anger and jealousy.

When a fully qualified Mahayana disciple relies completely upon a fully qualified Mahayana Spiritual Guide the attainment of enlightenment is easy.

We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds.

When we want a cup of tea our main wish is to drink tea, but to fulfill this wish we naturally develop the secondary wish to find a cup. In a similar way, the main wish of those who have great compassion is to protect all living beings from their suffering, but to fulfill this wish they know they must first attain Buddhahood themselves and so they naturally develop the secondary wish to attain enlightenment.

The moment we let go of our obsessive concern for our own welfare, our mind naturally relaxes and becomes lighter.