Enlightenment is eliminating mental confusion, eliminating hatred, jealousy, mental toxins, cravings. That's very simple and straightforward. Whether you can do it or not is another matter.

We vastly underestimate the power of transformation of mind.

In a way, there's nothing wrong with playing the piano, but it's not a huge trauma if you don't.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

You get [something] in your body that is the suffering or the problem, and then you [add] a second one, which is worry. In both cases, [it is] pointless.

The Dalai Lama has been extremely interested in science since his childhood.

At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.