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Depression Seems To Be Related To Fear, Anger And Frustration. When You're In A Bad Mood, Even If You Meet With Your Friends, You Don't Take Pleasure In Their Company. But When You're In A Good Mood, Even If Things Go Wrong, You Can Cope With Them Without Difficulty. This Is Why Putting Yourself In A Good Mood, Making A Point Of Developing A Sense Of Loving Kindness Gives You Greater Inner Strength.

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Depression Seems To Be

Dalai Lama

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Depression Seems To Be Related To Fear, Anger And Frustration. When You're In A Bad Mood, Even If You Meet With Your Friends, You Don't Take Pleasure In Their Company. But When You're In A Good Mood, Even If Things Go Wrong, You Can Cope With Them Without Difficulty. This Is Why Putting Yourself In A Good Mood, Making A Point Of Developing A Sense Of Loving Kindness Gives You Greater Inner Strength.

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It Helps Remove Whatever Fears Or Insecurities We May Have And Gives Us The Strength To Cope With Any Obstacles We Encounter. It Is The Principal Source Of Success In Life. 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.

I Would Like To Explain The Meaning Of Compassion, Which Is Often Misunderstood. Genuine Compassion Is Based Not On Our Own Projections And Expectations, But Rather On The Rights Of The Other: Irrespective Of Whether Another Person Is A Close Friend

Genuine Concern

In Today's Highly Interdependent World, Individuals And Nations Can No Longer Resolve Many Of Their Problems By Themselves. We Need One Another. It Is Our Collective And Individual Responsibility To Protect And Nurture The Global Family, To Support Its Weaker Members, And To Preserve And Tend To The Environment In Which We All Live.

If We Want To Save The World, We Must Have A Plan. But No Plan Will Work Unless We Meditate.

Every Human Should Have The Idea Of Taking Care Of The Environment, Of Nature, Of Water. So Using Too Much Or Wasting Water Should Have Some Kind Of Feeling Or Sense Of Concern. Some Sort Of Responsibility And With That, A Sense Of Discipline.

The Source Of Peace Is Within Us; So Also The Source Of War. And The Real Enemy Is Within Us, And Not Outside. The Source Of War Is Not The Existence Of Nuclear Weapons Or Other Arms. It Is The Minds Of Human Beings Who Decide To Push The Button And To Use Those Arms Out Of Hatred, Anger Or Greed.

Compassion Is A Mental Quality That Can Bring Us True Lasting Inner Peace And Inner Strength.

It May Seem Unrealistic To Think We Can Ever Become Free From Hatred, But Buddhists Have Systematic Methods For Gradually Developing A Tolerance Powerful Enough To Give Such Freedom.

In Olden Times When There Was A War, It Was A Human-to-human Confrontation. The Victor In Battle Would Directly See The Blood And Suffering Of The Defeated Enemy. Nowadays, It Is Much More Terrifying Because A Person In An Office Can Push A Button And Kill Millions Of People And Never See The Human Tragedy That He Or She Has Created. The Mechanization Of War, The Mechanization Of Human Conflict, Poses An Increasing Threat To Peace.

Many Problems That Confront Us Today Are Created By Man, Whether They Are Violent Conflicts, Destruction Of The Environment, Poverty Or Hunger. These Problems Can Be Resolved Thanks To Human Efforts By Understanding That We Are Brother And Sister And By Developing This Sense Of Closeness. We Must Cultivate A Universal Responsibility Toward Each Other And Extend It To The Planet That We Have To Share.

We Should Reflect On The Idea That Since The Beginning Of Time Sentient Beings Have Been Mentally Unstable Because They Have Been Slaves Of Delusion, They Lack The Eye Of Wisdom To See The Path Leading To Nirvana And Enlightenment, And They Lack The Necessary Guidance Of A Spiritual Teacher. Moment By Moment They Are Indulging In Negative Actions, Which Will Eventually Bring About Their Downfall.

When We Speak Of A Calm State Of Mind Or Peace Of Mind, We Shouldn't Confuse That With An Insensitive State Of Apathy. Having A Calm Or Peaceful State Of Mind Doesn't Mean Being Spaced Out Or Completely Empty. Peace Of Mind Or A Calm State Of Mind Is Rooted In Affection And Compassion And Is Sensitive And Responsive To Others.

We Must Recognize That The Suffering Of One Person Or One Nation Is The Suffering Of Humanity.

If You The Owner Of The Dog, Really Showing Not Just Food But Real Affection, Then Dog Very Much Appreciate. Isn't It?

Most Real Change Is Slow. Happiness And Joy Are The Purpose Of Life. If We Know That The Future Will Be Very Dark Or Painful, Then We Lose Our Determination To Live. Therefore, Life Is Something Based On Hope.

As Far As Your Personal Requirements Are Concerned, The Ideal Is To Have Fewer Involvements, Fewer Obligations, And Fewer Affairs, Business Or Whatever. However, So Far As The Interest Of The Larger Community Is Concerned, You Must Have As Many Involvements As Possible And As Many Activities As Possible.

Material Progress And A Higher Standard Of Living Bring Us Greater Comfort And Health, But Do Not Lead To A Transformation Of The Mind, Which Is The Only Thing Capable Of Providing Lasting Peace. Profound Happiness, Unlike Fleeting Pleasures, Is Spiritual In Nature. It Depends On The Happiness Of Others And It Is Based On Love And Affection.

Look At Children. Of Course They May Quarrel, But Generally Speaking They Do Not Harbor Ill Feelings As Much Or As Long As Adults Do. Most Adults Have The Advantage Of Education Over Children, But What Is The Use Of An Education If They Show A Big Smile While Hiding Negative Feelings Deep Inside? Children Don�t Usually Act In Such A Manner. If They Feel Angry With Someone, They Express It, And Then It Is Finished. They Can Still Play With That Person The Following Day.

If Some People Have The Belief Or View That The Dalai Lama Has Some Miracle Power, That's Totally Nonsense.

A Genuine, Affectionate Smile Is Very Important In Our Day-to-day Lives.

All Sentient Beings Have The Seed Of The Buddha Within Them.

Sentient Beings

Genuine Human Friendship Is On The Basis Of Human Affection, Irrespective Of Your Position. Therefore, The More You Show Concern About The Welfare And Rights Of Others, The More You Are A Genuine Friend. The More You Remain Open And Sincere, Then Ultimately More Benefits Will Come To You. If You Forget Or Do Not Bother About Others, Then Eventually You Will Lose Your Own Benefit.

Genuine Friends

Furthermore, I Shall Explain The Nature Of Dharmata: Such A Nature As This Cannot Be Determined To Be Any One Thing. So However You Label It, That Is How It Appears.

The Key To Genuine Happiness Is In Our Hands. To Think This Way Is To Discover The Essential Values Of Kindness, Brotherly Love And Altruism. The More Clearly We See The Benefits Of These Values, The More We Will Seek To Reject Anything That Opposes Them; In This Way We Will Be Able To Bring About Inner Transformation.

You Are So Anxious About The Future That You Do Not Enjoy The Present. You Therefore Do Not Live In The Present Or The Future. You Live As If You Are Never Going To Die, And Then Die Having Never Really Lived.

Live In The Present

Refraining From Harm, Not Out Of Fear, But Out Of Concern For Others, Their Well-being And Out Of Respect Is Non-violence.

Concern For Others

Humanity Happy, I Get Benefit. Humanity In State Of Trouble, Or Violence, I Cannot Escape From That.

The Ultimate Authority Must Always Rest With The Individual's Own Reason And Critical Analysis.

Life Is As Dear To A Mute Creature As It Is To Man. Just As One Wants Happiness And Fears Pain, Just As One Wants To Live And Not Die, So Do Other Creatures.

In My Childhood, I Had A Religious Assistant Who Always Told Me, If You Can Really Laugh With Full Abandonment, It's Very Good For Your Health.

In Fact, Being Wealthy Often Brings Even More Anxiety.

The Natural Environment Sustains The Life Of All Beings Universally.

Americans Are Interested Because They Are Open-minded. They Have An Education System That Teaches Them To Find Out For Themselves Why Things Are The Way They Are. Open-minded People Tend To Be Interested In Buddhism Because Buddha Urged People To Investigate Things - He Didn't Just Command Them To Believe.

It Is Also Possible Within This Lifetime To Enhance The Power Of The Mind, Enabling One To Reaccess Memories From Previous Lives. Such Recollection Tends To Be More Accessible During Meditative Experiences In The Dream State. Once One Has Accessed Memories Of Previous Lives In The Dream State, One Gradually Recalls Them In The Waking State.

What I Believe, According To My Own Experience, Is That A Calm, Peaceful Mind Is A Very Important Element For Sustaining The Body In A Balanced Way.

Sleep Is The Best Meditation.

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