皈依的根本是信心， 发心的根本是悲心， 上师瑜伽的根本是恭敬心， 解脱道的根本是出离心。__色拉阳智仁波切

The root of conversion is confidence, the root of bodhicitta-samutpada is compassion, the root of guru yoga is devotion and the root of liberation is renunciation. ——Sera Yangchi Rinpoche