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Virtuous actions sow seeds of future happiness and non-virtuous actions sow seeds of future suffering. These seeds remain dormant in our mind until the conditions for them to ripen occur, and then they produce their effect. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Every action we perform leaves an imprint on our very subtle mind, and each imprint eventually gives rise to its own effect. Our mind is like a field, and performing actions is like sowing seeds in that field. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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We must believe the dependent relationship between actions and effects because conviction in the laws of karma is the root of future happiness. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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The dependent relationship between actions and effects, virtuous actions causing happiness and non-virtuous actions causing suffering, is taught by the Buddhas based on their perfect knowledge. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Good, or virtuous, actions are the main cause of rebirth in the higher realms, and of future happiness, whereas bad, or non-virtuous, actions are the main cause of rebirth in the lower realms, and of future suffering. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Good actions come from good intentions, bad actions from bad intentions, and neutral actions from neutral intentions. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Whether an action is good, bad or neutral depends principally upon the intention that motivates it. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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A living being is any being who possesses a mind that is contaminated by delusions or their imprints. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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The imprints left by delusions remain even after the delusions themselves have been abandoned, rather as the smell of garlic lingers in a container after the garlic has been removed. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Every action we perform leaves an imprint on the mental consciousness, and these imprints are karmic potentialities to experience certain effects in the future. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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There are two types of imprint: imprints of actions and imprints of delusions. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Buddha is a being who has completely abandoned all delusions and their imprints. Every living being has the potential to become a Buddha. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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The Bodhisattva on the eighth ground still has the imprints of the delusions, which remain in his or her mind rather as the smell of garlic remains in a container after the garlic itself has been removed. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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We should train in tranquil abiding with the motivation of renunciation and bodhichitta so that we can overcome self-grasping together with its imprints and attain great liberation. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Only a direct realization of emptiness has the power to cut the continuum of self-grasping, the root of all delusions, and thereby release us from samsara altogether. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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The imprints of the delusions are called ‘obstructions to omniscience’ because they prevent us from attaining a direct and simultaneous cognition of all phenomena. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Delusions are called ‘obstructions to liberation’ because they keep us in samsara. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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If we train in bodhichitta and follow the Bodhisattva’s way of life, eventually our mind will be released from both the delusions and the imprints of the delusions. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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Every action we perform leaves an imprint on our very subtle mind, and each imprint eventually gives rise to its own effect. Our mind is like a field, and performing actions is like sowing seeds in that field. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
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