“Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others.”

— Lama Yeshe · Calm quote

“Be gentle first with yourself if you wish to be gentle with others.”

— LAMA YESHE

Tibetan Buddhist lama · 1935 – 1984

Lama Thubten Yeshe was a Tibetan Buddhist lama who, with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, co-founded Kopan Monastery in Nepal and the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). He was among the first Tibetan teachers to bring Buddhism to Western students.

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