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People in the past generally had a more spiritual outlook, but nowadays the world view of most people is increasingly gross and materialistic.

The objects of our meditation should be those that are meaningful objects, so that through training in meditation we can free ourself permanently from all the sufferings of this life and our countless future live.

Samsara is like a Ferris wheel, sometimes taking us up into the three fortunate realms, sometimes down into the three lower realms. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

In spiritually degenerate times it is very difficult to find people who hold pure and correct views; nearly everyone harbors views that are incompatible with spiritual development.

The driving force of the wheel of samsara is our contaminated actions motivated by delusions, and the hub of the wheel is self-grasping ignorance. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Our delusions are now very strong and difficult to control. We have so little inner peace that it is rare to enjoy a peaceful mind even for just a few hours.

The purpose of understanding the meditation the preciousness of our human life is to encourage ourself to take the real meaning of our human life and not to waste it in meaningless activities.

For as long as we remain on the wheel of samsara we will experience an unceasing cycle of suffering and dissatisfaction, and we will have no opportunity to experience pure, lasting happiness. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

If we check our mind we will see that we are living in a state of almost constant discomfort and anxiety. As soon as we stop worrying about one thing, something else starts to bother us.

By practicing the Buddhist path to liberation and enlightenment we can destroy self-grasping, thereby liberating ourself from the cycle of uncontrolled rebirth and attaining a state of perfect peace and freedom. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Our delusions give us no rest. We have uncomfortable minds and experience very little real happiness.

Our human life is very precious and meaningful, but only if we use it to attain permanent liberation and the supreme happiness of enlightenment.

A more detailed explanation of rebirth and karma can be found in the books 'Introduction to Buddhism' and 'Joyful Path of Good Fortune'. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Our lives nowadays are extremely busy and complicated, filled with an ever-increasing variety of distractions. Even when we have the time to relax we tend to switch on the television or radio and are subjected to a multitude of ever-changing images and sounds.

The author of 'Eight Verses of Training the Mind' is the Kadampa Buddhist Master, or Geshe, Bodhisattva Langri Tangpa. Bodhisattva Langri Tangpa was born in central Tibet in the eleventh century AD. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso