Gyalwa Dokhampa Quotes

Having a roof over your head with enough food to eat is a fundamental need of all humans if they are to achieve happiness.

We can become fearless as we let go off our grasp on the fear of failure, because failure too is a perception rather than a reality.

To have a restful mind is to relax in your nature.

It is very easy to fall into a state of mind which relies on those things outside of us to determine how we feel inside.

If you can let things come and go without being ruffled you will soon begin to ease a restless mind.

Someone who is said to have a big ego is thought to be full of themselves, to lack the ability to listen, to always rush to be at the top of the tree and to think their own ideas are the best.

The tendency of the human mind is to see the world with a 'dualistic' view that describes everything through comparisons: good and bad, pain and happiness, beauty and ugliness, rich and poor.

Our experi¬ences and our memories are within us, and the key is to be aware of the lens or the filter, to realise that we can also change the angle, especially when we are feeling agitated or stuck in life, that we can change the record.

Think about the suffering we cause ourselves internally through getting angry or jealous.

The grasping mind holds on to everything – beliefs, people, possessions – so that it seems as though there is hardly any room to breathe.

We all have this restful mind, but sometimes our fears and our ego mind get the better of us and we can't see it.

Just focusing on our breath for a couple of minutes is an instant relaxation tool for the restless mind.

We think less about how others see and judge us and have the courage to ask ourselves what kind of person we are and how we might improve.

It's amazing how often our minds drift in time away from the present into either the future or the past, so developing ways for bringing ourselves back into the moment are very helpful for cultivating the restful mind.

Through meditation, difficult thoughts and emotions may well rise up. And through practice, you can meet such emotions with kindness, listen to them, explore them and then really let them go.

We are nourished by our relationships and generosity in return to our kindness and compassion for others.

We become tight and constricted in our minds, which can easily lead to agitation and restlessness.

Before any change for the better can take place, a level of understanding is always needed; because without understanding we tend to fall back on the automatic responses and reactions that we have built up over our lives.

It is important to be considerate of the future, but when we invest all of our present in our future hopes, we are placing a lot of value on what is inevitably in doubt.

Happiness is a beautiful feeling. It is a beautiful mind, and a peaceful mind