"Why do you feel elated when praised and dejected when criticized? It's because you don't accept the way things truly are. You're controlled by your hallucinating mind, which is totally divorced from reality. "
Lama Yeshe
www.dalailama.com
Where you can download his teachings and speeches.
www.fpmt.org
Tibetan Buddhist organisation with centres all over the world, founded by Lama Yeshe and now being directed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche (for picture see previous page). Both inspiring teachers.
www.liberationprisonproject.org
Since 1996, the Liberation Prison Project has helped 12,000 people in prison with their spiritual practice.
The director of the Liberation Prison Project is the Tibetan Buddhist nun Robina Courtin (see picture on the right). I love listening to her teachings, which are of no-nonsense and very clear.
"We're all mentally ill.
We're all delusional.
We'r all junkies.
It's just a matter of degree."
Ven. Robina Courtin
www.lamrim.com
Here you can freely download Buddhist teachings from great masters, like the ones mentioned above.
