"Even though we might say that we’re following a spiritual path or leading a meditator’s life, we’re not serious. It doesn’t matter if we sit in meditation, go to church on Sundays, visit the temple regularly or do any other kind of customary religious activity; that doesn’t mean anything. The actions that we need to do are those that actually lead us to everlasting, peaceful happiness, the truly joyful state, not those that simply bring up and down transitory pleasure. Actions that bounce us up and down are not true Dharma, not true meditation, not true religion—here I can make a definitive statement. Check up: we might think we’re doing something spiritual but is our polluted mind simply dreaming?"

Lama Yeshe