Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good is it to brood over the past and fret about the future? Dwell in the simplicity of the present moment. Live in harmony with the dharma. Make it the heart of your life and experience. Be the master of your own destiny.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most

translated by Padmakara Translation Group


Read a random quote or see all quotes by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

Further quotes from the book The Hundred Verses of Advice:

• The faults within
• Happiness and suffering
• Overcoming obstacles
• The right moment is now
• You will have to go
• Abandon negative friendships
• Practice with joy and enthusiasm
• Like the events in a dream
• Precious human life
• Contemplating the defects of samsara
• Use riches in a constructive way
• You won’t live forever
• Rather than being trapped by your perceptions
• The freedom to practice the Dharma
• Don’t go on following the past
• How illness can teach us compassion
• Putting down the heavy burden once and for all
• Being near a spiritual teacher
• The union of clarity and emptiness
• Three essential points