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Dalai Lama - From the Activity category:
Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Aging category:
When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people's affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Attitude category:
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Attitude category:
A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Authority category:
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Belief category:
Whether someone believes something or not, believer or non-believer, as long as you are a member of the human family, you need warm human feeling, warmhearted feeling. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Brother/Sisterhood category:
People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Change category:
-misattributed, from Life's Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ...
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Choices category:
It is maybe not the best choice to have a favorite anything. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Complaining category:
When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Confidence category:
Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, 'I am of no value,' is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Construction category:
Constructiveness is the human way. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Contentment category:
If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Criticism category:
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Desire category:
-misattributed, from Life's Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ...
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Desire category:
We must recognize that all beings want the same thing we want. This is the way to achieve a true understanding, unfettered by artificial consideration. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Desperation category:
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Difficulty category:
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good... (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Discipline category:
Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Discovery category:
For discovering one's true inner nature, I think one should try to take out some time, with quiet and relaxation, to think more inwardly and to investigate the inner world. That may help. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Dissatisfaction category:
How can we eliminate the deepest source of all unsatisfactory experience? Only by cultivating certain qualities within our mindstream. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Doubt category:
- The Path to Enlightenment, 1994...
Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Earth category:
The creatures that inhabit this earth - be they human beings or animals - are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Earth category:
Because we all share this small planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Education category:
Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Ego category:
Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all of us are the same in being humans, and we all uniquely have the thought of 'I' and we're all the same in wanting happiness and in wanting to avoid suffering. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Ego category:
Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is a 'me,' which is distinct from things, is a delusion... (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Environment category:
As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than we found it. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Experience category:
Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Form category:
Since form (phenomena) is emptiness and emptiness is form, then instead of a hand grasping at nothing, it is better to grasp at someone's nose because this is closer to reality. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Freedom category:
In our struggle for freedom, truth is the only weapon we possess. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Friendship category:
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Friendship category:
When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one's projections to change. As soon as our projections change, the attachment disappears, because that attachment was based solely on projection and expectation. It is possible to have compassion without attachment, and similarly, to have anger without hatred. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Frustration category:
- The Path to Enlightenment...
Unless we possess high spiritual qualifications, there is no doubt that the events life throws upon us will give rise to frustration, emotional turmoil, and other distorted states of consciousness. These imperfect states of mind in turn give rise to imperfect activities, and the seeds of suffering are ever planted in a steady flow. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Future category:
So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need? (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Generosity category:
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Goodness category:
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Goodness category:
Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human being... (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Growth category:
Today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are 'news'; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and, therefore, largely ignored. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Guidance category:
Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Happiness category:
I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, the very motion of our life is towards happiness... (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Happiness category:
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Happiness category:
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Health category:
The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Hope category:
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Humanity category:
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Immortality category:
-misattributed, from Life's Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ...
Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Importance category:
The important thing is to realize the positive side and try to increase that; realize the negative side and try to reduce. That's the way. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Individuality category:
Individuality is very important for a full human life... (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Influence category:
We must recognise that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. That the happiness of one person or nation is the happiness of humanity. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Insecurity category:
Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Intellect category:
One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on! (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Joy category:
Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest form and purity beyond all poisons of this world. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Keys category:
Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Knowledge category:
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Life category:
Whether we live just a few years or a whole century, it would be truly regrettable and sad if we were to spend that time aggravating the problems that afflict other people, animals, and the environment. The most important thing is to be a good human being. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Love category:
If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Love category:
-The Little Book of Buddhism, 2000
If there is love, there is hope... If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Meditation category:
There is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Meditation category:
In order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Mistakes category:
It is easy to point out the mistakes of others, while it is hard to admit one's own mistakes. A man broadcasts the sins of others without thinking, but he hides his own sins as a gambler hides his extra dice. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Money category:
It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Nature category:
When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy. On the other hand, in autumn, one leaf falls down and another leaf falls down. The beautiful plants become as if dead and we do not feel very happy. Why? I think it is because deep down our human nature likes construction, and does not like destruction. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Nature category:
Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility to act; we must do so before it is too late. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Peace category:
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Peace category:
The question of world peace, the question of family peace, the question of peace between wife and husband, or peace between parents and children, everything is dependent on that feeling of love and warmheartedness. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Philosophy category:
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Possibilities category:
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Potential category:
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Practice category:
If you practice in accord with your individual capacity, little by little you will find more pleasure and joy in it. As you gain inner strength, your positive actions will gain in profundity and scope. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Problems category:
No one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Production category:
If your life becomes only a medium of production, then many of the good human values and characteristics will be lost. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Profession category:
If you're looking for work and have a choice of a job, choose a job that allows the opportunity for some creativity, and for spending time with your family. Even if it means less pay... (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Religion category:
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message - that is love, compassion and forgiveness. The important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Religion category:
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Religion category:
If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Research category:
Just as rust, which arose from the iron itself, wears out the iron, likewise, performing an action without examination would destroy us by projecting us into a negative state of existence. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Responsibility category:
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Revelation category:
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections... is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Rewards category:
It is our custom to say that someone is 'lucky' or 'unlucky' if they meet with fortunate or unfortunate circumstances, respectively. It is, however, too simplistic to think in terms of random 'luck.' Even from a scientific point of view, this is not a sufficient explanation. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Risk category:
-misattributed, from Life's Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ...
Great love and great achievements involve great risk. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Rules category:
-misattributed, from Life's Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ...
Learn the rules well so you know how to break them properly. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Sadness category:
People should never sit alone for too long when they're crying. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Satisfaction category:
Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself... Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Silence category:
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Skill category:
All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is one important way to avoid suffering and be happy. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Sleep category:
Sleep is the best meditation. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Solitude category:
-misattributed, from Life's Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ...
Spend some time alone every day. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Spirituality category:
Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Struggle category:
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Suffering category:
I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Suffering category:
To a large extent, whether you suffer depends on how you respond to a given situation. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Survival category:
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Survival category:
Conservation is not merely a question of morality, but a question of our own survival. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Teaching category:
The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Thinking category:
-Generous Wisdom: Commentaries by H.H. the Dalai Lama XIV on the Jatakamala
In our daily life a certain way of thinking makes us happy, and a certain way of thinking makes us unhappy. In other words, there are certain states of mind which bring us problems, and they can be removed... (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Thought category:
We all have the power of thought - so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Understanding category:
Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquillity and happiness we all seek. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Universe category:
The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Wisdom category:
A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Wisdom category:
A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man's wisdom even if he associates with a sage. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Words category:
One who is caught in thought loses one's original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions. When he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it. (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Work category:
A human being isn't meant to be some kind of machine designed only for production. No. Human life isn't just for work... (Dalai Lama)
Dalai Lama - From the Worry category:
If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry. (Dalai Lama)
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