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I Think The Problem Is These Basic Sort Of Human Values From Our - From The Beginning, From Birth, Are Not Sort Of Properly Nurtured. So Then Our Mind, Our Brain, Through Education And Also Difference Of Experiences, That Eventually, These Basic Values Or What Are Called Dominant, Not Have The Catching Up Our Intelligence, Experience Growth, That Also Should Grow. Then Our Life Become More Human.

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Dalai Lama

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I Think The Problem Is These Basic Sort Of Human Values From Our - From The Beginning, From Birth, Are Not Sort Of Properly Nurtured. So Then Our Mind, Our Brain, Through Education And Also Difference Of Experiences, That Eventually, These Basic Values Or What Are Called Dominant, Not Have The Catching Up Our Intelligence, Experience Growth, That Also Should Grow. Then Our Life Become More Human.

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Peace Starts Within Each One Of Us. When We Have Inner Peace, We Can Be At Peace With Those Around Us. When Our Community Is In A State Of Peace, It Can Share Peace With Neighboring Communities, And So On. When We Feel Love And Kindness Towards Others, It Not Only Makes Others Feel Loved And Cared For, But It Helps Us Also To Develop Inner Happiness And Peace.

On A Certain Day, Month And Year One Should Observe The Ceremony Of Tree-planting. Thus, One Fulfils One's Responsibilities, Serves One's Fellow-beings Which Not Only Brings Happiness But Benefits All.

If You Have Peace Of Mind, When You Meet With Problems And Difficulties They Won’t Disturb Your Inner Peace. You’ll Be Able To Employ Your Human Intelligence More Effectively. But, If Your Mental State Is Disturbed, Full Of Emotion, It Is Very Difficult To Cope With Problems, Because The Mind That Is Full Of Emotion Is Biased, Unable To See Reality. So Whatever You Do Will Be Unrealistic And Naturally Fail.

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I Myself Feel, And Also Tell Other Buddhists That The Question Of Nirvana Will Come Later. There Is Not Much Hurry. If In Day To Day Life You Lead A Good Life, Honesty, With Love, With Compassion, With Less Selfishness, Then Automatically It Will Lead To Nirvana.

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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.

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Lasting Happiness

I Believe Deeply That We Must Find A New Spirituality... In Such A Way That All People Of Good Will Could Adhere To It... We Ought To Promote This Concept With The Help Of Scientists... It Could Lead Us To What We Are Looking For.

We Need An Approach To Ethics Which Makes No Recourse To Religion And Can Be Equally Acceptable To Those With Faith And Those Without.

The Jealousy That Arises From Another's Achievement Is Overcome By Developing An Awareness Of And Admiration For One's Own And Other's Achievement.

Ageing Destroys Youth, Sickness Destroys Health, Degeneration Of Life Destroys All Excellent Qualities And Death Destroys Life. Even If You Are A Great Runner, You Cannot Run Away From Death. You Cannot Stop Death With Your Wealth, Through Your Magic Performances Or Recitation Of Mantras Or Even Medicines. Therefore, It Is Wise To Prepare For Your Death.

Most Of Our Problems Are Related To The Mind, So We Have To Work To Reduce Our Destructive Emotions.

Ethics: The Indispensable Interface Between My Desire To Be Happy And Yours.

Do Not Let The Behavior Of Others Destroy Your Inner Peace.

A Lack Of Transparency Results In Distrust And A Deep Sense Of Insecurity.

To A Large Extent, Whether You Suffer Depends On How You Respond To A Given Situation.

If We Can Refrain From Harming Others In Our Actions & Words, We Can Start To Give Serious Attention To Actively Doing Good.

So The Smart Brain Must Be Balanced With A Warm Heart, A Good Heart -a Sense Of Responsibility, Of Concern For The Well-being Of Others.

My Main Concern Is Meeting With Public Because My Main Commitment, Main Interest Is Promotion Of Human Value, Human Affection, Compassion And Religious Harmony.

Because We All Share This Planet Earth, We Have To Learn To Live In Harmony And Peace With Each Other And With Nature. This Is Not Just A Dream, But A Necessity.

In Order To Meditate Correctly, You Must Have Knowledge.

Spiritual Buddhist

When I Meet People From Other Cultures I Know That They Too Want Happiness And Do Not Want Suffering, This Allows Me To See Them As Brothers And Sisters.

All Religions Try To Benefit People, With The Same Basic Message Of The Need For Love And Compassion, For Justice And Honesty, For Contentment. So Merely Changing Formal Religious Affiliations Will Often Not Help Much. On The Other Hand, In Pluralistic, Democratic Societies, There Is The Freedom To Adopt The Religion Of Your Choice. This Is Good. This Lets Curious People Like You Run Around On The Loose!

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.

The More We Care For The Happiness Of Others, The Greater Is Our Own Sense Of Well-being.

I Met An American Lady Many Years Ago, Much Distant. Then I Told Her About My Own Difficult Experiences And I Showed Some Genuine Concern. She Responded, "why Are You So Concerned About Me?" We Need More Patience. At A Fundamental Level, We Are The Same Human Brothers And Sisters. Then Forget It. The Human Mind Is Very Strange. Like That.

Genuine Concern

Along With Selfishness, Anger Is One Of The Most Serious Problems Facing The World Today

Patience As We Wait To Take Action Is A Kind Of Compassionate Mind. Impatience On The Other Hand Can Be A Source Of Failure.

Our Greatest Duty And Our Main Responsibility Is To Help Others. But Please, If You Can't Help Them, Would You Please Not Hurt Them.

The Period Of Greatest Gain In Knowledge And Experience Is The Most Difficult Period In One's Life.

World Economies Are Always So Tenuous And We Are Subject To So Many Losses In Life, But A Compassionate Attitude Is Something We Can Always Carry With Us.

I Never Dreamt, In My Dream, I'm Dalai Lama.

The Essence Of Compassion Is A Desire To Alleviate The Suffering Of Others And To Promote Their Well-being

Suffering Of Others

If We See Pride Among People Who Have No Idea About Dharma, It Is Understandable. However, If Afflictive Emotions And Haughtiness Are Present Among Dharma Practitioners, It Is Great Disgrace To Practice

The Meaning Of Life Is Happiness.

Meaning Of Life

I Call The Light And High Aspects Of My Being Spirit And The Dark And Heavy Aspects Soul. Soul Is At Home In The Deep, Shaded Valleys. Heavy Torpid Flowers Saturated With Black Grow There. The Rivers Flow Like Warm Syrup. They Empty Into Huge Oceans Of Soul. Spirit Is A Land Of High White Peaks And Glittering Jewel-like Lakes And Flowers. Life Is Sparse And Sounds Travel Great Distances. There Is Soul Music, Soul Food, And Soul Love... People Need To Climb The Mountain Not Simple Because It Is There But Because The Soulful Divinity Needs To Be Mated With The Spirit.

The Wiser Course Is To Think Of Others When Pursuing Our Own Happiness.

I Think Every Human Being, Born From Mother, And At Least The Next Few Years, You See, Received Immense Affection From Our Mother. So The Child's First Experience In This Lifetime At The Beginning, I Think That Immense Affection From Other Is In Our Blood. So Therefore, The Whole Rest Of Life, Other People Show You Smile, Genuine Sort Of Closeness Feeling. You Feel Happy. Even Animals Also Like That.

Without The Human Community One Single Human Being Cannot Survive.

Like Anyone Else, I Too Have The Potential For Violence; I Too Have Anger In Me. However, I Try To Recall That Anger Is A Destructive Emotion. I Remind Myself That Scientists Now Say That Anger Is Bad For Our Health; It Eats Into Our Immune System. So, Anger Destroys Our Peace Of Mind And Our Physical Health. We Shouldn’t Welcome It Or Think Of It As Natural Or As A Friend.

Religion, Any Religion, No Matter What Sort Of Wonderful Religion, Never Be Universal. So Now Education Is Universal, So We Have To Sort Of Find Ways And Means Through Education System, From Kindergarten Up To University Level, To Make Awareness These Good Things, The Values, Inner Values.

As Our Own Peace Of Mind Grows, So The Atmosphere Around Us Becomes More Peaceful.

Because Of The Great Differences In Our Ways Of Thinking, It Is Inevitable That We Have Different Religions And Faiths. Each Has Its Own Beauty. And It Is Much Better That We Live Together On The Basis Of Mutual Respect And Mutual Admiration.

Without Changing One's Self, Without Peace In One's Self, World Peace Is Not Possible.

Our Every Action Has A Universal Dimension, A Potential Impact On Others' Happiness.

Others Happiness

Compassion Should Be Unbiased And Based On The Recognition That Others Have The Right To Happiness, Just Like You.

The Death Penalty Fulfills A Preventive Function, But It Is Also Very Clearly A Form Of Revenge. It Is An Especially Severe Form Of Punishment Because It Is So Final. The Human Life Is Ended And The Executed Person Is Deprived Of The Opportunity To Change, To Restore The Harm Done Or Compensate For It.

Ignorance Is The Source Of Hatred, And The Way To Get Rid Of Ignorance Is Realization.

Do Something That Scares You Every Day. You Have Nothing To Lose But Fear Itself.

Nothing To Lose

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

The Ultimate Source Of My Mental Happiness Is My Peace Of Mind. Nothing Can Destroy This Except My Own Anger.

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

Nonviolence Is The Only Way. Even If You Achieve Your Goal By Violent Means There Are Always Side Effects, And These Can Be Worse Than The Problem. Violence Is Against Human Nature.

The Ultimate Source Of Happiness Is Not Money And Power, But Warm-heartedness

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.

If A Person's Basic State Of Mind Is Serene And Calm, Then It Is Possible For This Inner Peace To Overwhelm A Painful Physical Experience.

Pursuit Of Happiness

Whether We Love Humanity Or Not, We Must Realize That We Are Part Of It. My Future Depends Entirely On The Future Of Humanity, And So I Am Compelled To Take Care Of Humanity. That Is Why Being Compassionate Is Actually In My Own Best Interest. And A Symptom Of My Own Peace Of Mind Is That I Can Share Comfort With Others Around Me.

I Don't Know Whether The Universe, With Its Countless Galaxies, Stars And Planets, Has A Deeper Meaning Or Not, But At The Very Least, It Is Clear That We Humans Who Live On This Earth Face The Task Of Making A Happy Life For Ourselves. Therefore, It Is Important To Discover What Will Bring About The Greatest Degree Of Happiness.

Foolish, Selfish People Are Always Thinking Of Themselves And The Result Is Always Negative. Wise Persons Think Of Others, Helping Them As Much As They Can, And The Result Is Happiness. Love And Compassion Are Beneficial Both For You And Others. Through Your Kindness To Others, Your Mind And Heart Will Open To Peace.

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