No matter where you stay – be it a busy place or a solitary retreat – the only thing that you need to conquer are mind’s five poisons and your own true enemies, the eight worldly concerns, nothing else.

Chatral Rinpoche
from the book Compassionate Action
source: http://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/chatral-rinpoche/words-advice
Read a random quote or see all quotes by Chatral Rinpoche.
Further quotes from the book Compassionate Action:
- Use it well
- There is nothing more to it than that
- But when you die
- No real happiness
- All you need
- By then it’s too late!
- Act accordingly
- Relying on the instructions of your own qualified teacher
- Failing to let go of ordinary concerns
- Gaining the riches of a Dharma practitioner
- The best form of austerity
- Taking advantage of our human existence
- A disciplined mind
- Not enjoying meat or alcohol
- View and conduct
- Three kinds of dharma practitioners
- The path of nonviolence
- Our responsibility