Well...the words of his Holiness the Dalai Lama were indeed beautiful and contained much wisdom. I personally have taken these teachings as a truly fortunate experience. There were many things that he said during these three days that perhaps I already knew, but spending time to listen to knowledge that may merely be common sense, is something we could all use every now and then!
From the teachings of the Essence of the Superfine Gold, I will share these words:

"When looking at a problem, it is best to view the problem from a wide angle-this will lead to a realistic view of the problem."

"Those who are not given compassion from their mothers at birth, do not know how to give compassion to others and they end up suffering mentally and treating others badly."

"All religions have the same basic message-to follow gods message of love and to extend gods message of love to all of gods creations"

"Buddha says, " I give you the means to develop your mind, but whether or not you do it is entirely up to you!"

"The only thing that stands in our way to enlightenment is ignorance."

And lastly, I'll add one more statement that was my favorite statement from the teachings...

"The seed from a flower disappears to become a flower, but its essence carries on to the flower. The same works for the human mind-after death its essence continues on into the next life-maybe the form is different, but its essence is still there."

-Cara

Today, we leave sweet Dharamsala...we take a bus to Amritsar to see the Golden Temple!