It is the mind that creates the happiness of daily life, as well as the happiness of liberation and enlightenment. It is the mind also that creates suffering, through the mistakes it makes and unpleasant feelings these mistakes in turn produce. The mind is primary: a dissatisfied mind will remain unhappy despite abundant good circumstances, yet difficult circumstances are no match for a wise and peaceful mind.

Discovering your mind, its ways, and the antidotes to its mistakes, is like discovering that a vehicle has a steering wheel, brakes and an accelerator. Generally speaking, we are unaware of how our mind is involved in our experience of the world and ourselves, and so we remain unaware of the possibility of becoming navigators; of working with our mind rather than experiencing the roller-coaster life of a mind out of control. You can learn, by your own observations and reasoning, that it is possible to navigate this life toward greater freedom, peace and definite happiness.

Lama Yeshe said:

"When you study Buddhism you are studying yourself - the nature of your body, speech and mind, with the main emphasis being on the nature of your mind and how it works in everyday life. Why is it so important to know the nature of your own mind?"

"Since we all want happiness, enjoyment, peace and satisfaction, and since these things do not come from ice cream but from wisdom and the mind, we have to understand what the mind is and how it works."

Learn about your own mind with, Geshe Ngawang Tharchin,who is a scholar and an ordained Tibetan Buddhist monk.