Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
In truth, if you cannot tame your own mind, what else is there to tame? What is the use of doing many other practices? The aim of the whole Buddhist path, both the Hinayana and Mahayana, is to tame and understand the mind.
Dalai Lama
If every eight-year-old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.
Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche
It might take several years of diligent meditation until you come to a very strong sense of certainty, a strong sense of power. No matter what appears in the outside world, however great or wonderful, your inner certainty, your inner view will be much stronger. Whatever happens, positive or negative, you will be extremely happy inside because you understand the illusory nature of things. Once it happens, then your inner certainty, your inner view, which is what we are trying to develop, will give you a great amount of comfort and the ability to face anything whatsoever. You will always remain happy and peaceful.
We pay attention to the outside world to make our body happy and comfortable. We get very involved in material progress. But it does not make our mind truly happy. If we want to make our mind happy, we must develop the qualities of mind from within. Understanding the nature of reality will make the mind extremely happy.
Garchen Rinpoche
You will only become free from the cycle of existence, the ocean of suffering, if your whole heart wants to become free, otherwise no matter what other advanced practices you may engage in, they will not free you from suffering and in fact, they may even reinforce the ego.
