Inspirational Quotes by Lama Thubten Yeshe (Tibetan Buddhist Teacher)

Inspirational Quotations by Lama Thubten Yeshe (Tibetan Buddhist Teacher)

Thubten Yeshe (1935–84) was a Tibetan lama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded Kopan Monastery and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition. He followed the Gelug tradition, and was considered unconventional in his teaching style.

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The mind is very powerful. Therefore, it requires firm guidance. A powerful jet plane needs a good pilot; the pilot of your mind should be the wisdom that understands its nature.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

One action produces a reaction; that is karma.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

Examine your own mental attitudes. Become your own therapist.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

When you check your own mind properly, you stop blaming others for your problems.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

There’s a big difference between being able to explain religion intellectually and transforming that knowledge into spiritual experience.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

Buddhist meditation doen’t necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed. Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world as you go about your business – walking, talking, shopping, whatever – can be a really perfect meditation and bring a perfect result.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

We completely deny the existence of a self-existent I, or a permanent, independent soul. Every aspect of your body and mind is impermanent: changing, changing, changing … .
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

It’s not just philosophy, not just words; it’s knowing how the mind functions; only then can you develop loving-kindness; only then can you become a spiritual person.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

Your mind is your religion.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe

Some children are wiser than adults.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe
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The narrow mind rejects; wisdom accepts.
—Lama Thubten Yeshe