How to Solve Our Human Problems Quotes

“It is very important to identify the actual cause of whatever unhappiness we feel. If we are forever blaming our difficulties on others, this is a sure sign that there are still many problems and faults within our own mind.”
― Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths

“Our problems do not exist outside our mind.”
― Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths

“Problems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to be free from problems, we must transform our mind.”
― Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths

“In reality, all the problems we experience day to day come from our self-cherishing and self-grasping – misconceptions that exaggerate our own importance. However, because we do not understand this, we usually blame others for our problems, and this just makes them worse. From these two basic misconceptions arise all our other delusions, such as anger and attachment, causing us to experience endless problems.”
― Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths

“If we practise the patience of voluntarily accepting suffering, we can maintain a peaceful mind even when experiencing suffering and pain.”
― Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths

“Being patient means to welcome wholeheartedly whatever arises,”
― Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths

“Un ser tan descontrolado no debe ser objeto de nuestro odio, sino de nuestra compasión.”
― Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Cómo solucionar nuestros problemas humanos

“You, a human being, who possess an animal’s mind, please listen to my song. Normally”
― Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths

“Moreover, painful feelings can only arise and remain in our mind because of our present self-grasping.”
― Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths

“Since there is never a time when worldly activities come to an end, limit your activities.”
― Kelsang Gyatso, How to Solve Our Human Problems: The Four Noble Truths