Training in discipline purifies wrongdoing and wrong thinking; training in meditation stabilises right view, right motivation and right action; and training in wisdom liberates us from the root of ignorance.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

from the book Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices

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

Further quotes from the book Not for Happiness:

• Dawn of wisdom
• Avoid being distracted
• Without the personal advice of Buddha
• Mara’s five arrows
• Filtered perception
• Wishing happiness for those who have hurt you
• Very little time left for practice
• Dealing with Emotions
• Remain alone and practise the dharma
• Opposite direction to dharma
• Sources of our inspiration
• Practise whichever method works for you
• Intention to benefit all sentient beings
• Sadness
• The decision to follow a spiritual path
• Absolutely nothing genuinely works
• The merit of maintaining mindfulness
• Right intention
• As they truly are
• Merely the product of your own perception