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Hardship, In Forcing Us To Exercise Greater Patience And Forbearance In Daily Life, Actually Makes Us Stronger And More Robust. From The Daily Experience Of Hardship Comes A Greater Capacity To Accept Difficulties Without Losing Our Sense Of Inner Calm. Of Course, I Do Not Advocate Seeking Out Hardship As A Way Of Life, But Merely Wish To Suggest That, If You Relate To It Constructively, It Can Bring Greater Inner Strength And Fortitude.

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Hardship, In Forcing Us

Dalai Lama

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Hardship, In Forcing Us To Exercise Greater Patience And Forbearance In Daily Life, Actually Makes Us Stronger And More Robust. From The Daily Experience Of Hardship Comes A Greater Capacity To Accept Difficulties Without Losing Our Sense Of Inner Calm. Of Course, I Do Not Advocate Seeking Out Hardship As A Way Of Life, But Merely Wish To Suggest That, If You Relate To It Constructively, It Can Bring Greater Inner Strength And Fortitude.

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Love And Kindness Are The Very Basis Of Society. If We Lose These Feelings, Society Will Face Tremendous Difficulties; The Survival Of Humanity Will Be Endangered.

Dangerous Consequences Will Follow When Politicians And Rulers Forget Moral Principles. Whether We Believe In God Or Karma, Ethics Is The Foundation Of Every Religion.

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.

True Enlightenment Is Nothing But The Nature Of One's Own Self Being Fully Realized.

For Those Who May Not Find Happiness To Exercise Religious Faith, It's Okay To Remain A Radical Atheist; It's Absolutely An Individual Right, But The Important Thing Is With A Compassionate Heart - Then No Problem.

The Key Point Is Kindness. With Kindness One Will Have Inner Peace. Through Inner Peace, World Peace Can One Day Be A Reality.

Meditation May Also Be Thought Of As A Technique By Which We Diminish The Force Of Old Thought Habits And Develop New Ones.

Friends, Genuine Friends, Have Much More To Do With Whether We Have A Warm Heart, Not Money Or Power.

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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.

It Is Important To Pray For Peace. . . But You Must Also Take Actions To Make That Happen. Every Single Day.

In Today’s Interconnected And Globalized World, It Is Now Commonplace For People Of Dissimilar World Views, Faiths And Races To Live Side By Side. It Is A Matter Of Great Urgency, Therefore, That We Find Ways To Cooperate With One Another In A Spirit Of Mutual Acceptance And Respect.

Differences In Religious Beliefs, Politics, Social Status, And Position Are All Secondary. When We Look At Someone With Compassion, We Are Able To See Beyond These Secondary Differences And Connect To The Primary Essence That Binds All Humans Together As One.

The Immediate Source Of A Mind... Must Be A Mind Which Existed Before The Conception Took Place; The Mind Must Have A Continuity From A Previous Mind. This We Hold To Prove The Existence Of A Past Life.

We Are The Creators Of Our Own Happiness And Suffering, For Everything Originates In The Mind.

It Is Not Only Our Right As Members Of The Global Human Family To Protest When Our Brothers And Sisters Are Being Treated Brutally, But It Is Also Our Duty To Do Whatever We Can To Hep Them.

I Don't Think Human Affection And Compassion Are Just Religious Concerns; They're Indispensable Factors In Our Day-to-day Lives.

Be Gentle With The Earth.

The Creation Of A More Peaceful And Happier Society Has To Begin From The Level Of The Individual, And From There It Can Expand To One's Family, To One's Neighborhood, To One's Community And So On.

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.

Hatred, Jealousy And Excessive Attachment Cause Suffering And Agitation. I Feel Compassion Can Help Us Overcome These Disturbances And Let Us Return To A Calm State Of Mind. Compassion Is Not Just Being Kind To Your Friend. That Involves Attachment Because It Is Based On Expectation. Compassion Is When You Do Something Good Without Any Expectations - Based On Realizing That "the Other Person Is Also Just Like Me".

Through Money Or Power You Cannot Solve All Problems. The Problem In The Human Heart Must Be Solved First.

In Buddhism, Ignorance As The Root Cause Of Suffering Refers To A Fundamental Misperception Of The True Nature Of The Self And All Phenomena.

If I Am Only Happy For Myself, Many Fewer Chances For Happiness. If I Am Happy When Good Things Happen To Other People, Billions More Chances To Be Happy!

The Most Important Benefit Of Patience Consists In The Way It Acts As A Powerful Antidote To The Affliction Of Anger.

I One Individual Human Being. One Of The Seven Billion Human Being. I Believe Each Of Us, Our Future Depends On The Rest Of Humanity.

Forgiveness Is The Most Effective Way Of Dealing With Arguments; Altruism And Forgiveness Bring Humanity Together So That No Conflict, However Serious, Will Go Beyond The Bounds Of What Is Truly Human.

Self-discipline, Although Difficult, And Not Always Easy While Combating Negative Emotions, Should Be A Defensive Measure. At Least We Will Be Able To Prevent The Advent Of Negative Conduct Dominated By Negative Emotion. That Is 'shila', Or Moral Ethics. Once We Develop This By Familiarizing Ourselves With It, Along With Mindfulness And Conscientiousness, Eventually That Pattern And Way Of Life Will Become A Part Of Our Own Life.

The More We Are Concerned For The Well Being Of Others, The Closer We Will Feel To Each Other.

A Learned Person Will Become Noble Only When He Or She Has Put Into Real Practice What Has Been Learned, Instead Of Mere Words.

The True Hero Is One Who Conquers His Own Anger And Hatred.

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