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If You Have Religious Faith, Very Good, You Can Add On Secular Ethics, Then Religious Belief, Add On It, Very Good. But Even Those People Who Have No Interest About Religion, Okay, It's Not Religion, But You Can Train Through Education.

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If You Have Religious Faith, Very Good, You Can Add On Secular Ethics, Then Religious Belief, Add On It, Very Good. But Even Those People Who Have No Interest About Religion, Okay, It's Not Religion, But You Can Train Through Education.

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Collecting Things

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Reason Well From The Beginning And Then There Will Never Be Any Need To Look Back With Confusion And Doubt.

Silence Is Sometimes The Best Answer

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

Not Only Can I Not Recall My Experiences In My Previous Lives, Sometimes I Can't Even Remember What I Did Yesterday.

The Goal Is Not To Be Better Than The Other Man, But Your Previous Self.

What We Do And Think In Our Own Lives, Then, Becomes Of Extreme Importance As It Effects Everything We're Connected To.

Never Give Up No Matter What Is Going On Never Give Up Develop The Heart Too Much Energy In Your Country Is Spent Developing The Mind Instead Of The Heart Be Compassionate Not Just To Your Friends But To Everyone Be Compassionate Work For Peace In Your Heart And In The World Work For Peace And I Say Again Never Give Up No Matter What Is Going On Around You Never Give Up

Wealth Is Not Necessarily A Bad Thing When It Has Been Earned In An Honest Manner And Neither Other Individuals Nor The Environment Suffered For It.

Our Purpose In Life Is To Be Happy. From The Very Core Of Our Being, We Simply Desire Contentment.

Through Training There Is Knowledge. You Can Produce Compassion, Love, Forgiveness. You Can Change Yourself.

Forgiveness Love

Basically, From The Viewpoint Of Real Human Value We Are All The Same.

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.

I Totally Disagree With The View That The Tibet Struggle Will Die, And There Will Be No Hope For Tibet, After The Dalai Lama Passes Away.

I Could Justify Violence Only In This Extreme Case, To Save The Last Living Knowledge Of Buddhism Itself.

Forming A New World Religion Is Difficult And Not Particularly Desirable. However, In That Love Is Essential To All Religions, One Could Speak Of The Universal Religion Of Love.

World Religions

Basically, Therefore, We Should Approach Others Openly, Recognizing Each Person As Another Human Being Just Like Ourselves. There Is Not Much Difference Between Us All.

One Scientist Had Discussions About Love And Compassion. Usually, He Felt Irritation. After Our Meeting, For Some Months, Anger Never Come.

Each Of Us Has The Potential To Contribute... You Have A Great Opportunity To Make A New Shape Of The World.

From The Scientific View, The Theory Of Karma May Be A Metaphysical Assumption -- But It Is No More So Than The Assumption That All Of Life Is Material And Originated Out Of Pure Chance

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Human Beings Are Of Such Nature That They Should Have Not Only Material Facilities But Spiritual Sustenance As Well. Without Spiritual Sustenance, It Is Difficult To Get And Maintain Peace Of Mind.

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There Is A Saying In Tibetan, 'tragedy Should Be Utilized As A Source Of Strength.' No Matter What Sort Of Difficulties, How Painful Experience Is, If We Lose Our Hope, That's Our Real Disaster.

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.

True Happiness Comes From Having A Sense Of Inner Peace And Contentment, Which In Turn Must Be Achieved By Cultivating Altruism, Love And Compassion, And By Eliminating Anger, Selfishness And Greed.

There Is Only One Important Point You Must Keep In Your Mind And Let It Be Your Guide. No Matter What People Call You, You Are Just Who You Are. Keep To This Truth. You Must Ask Yourself How Is It You Want To Live Your Life. We Live And We Die, This Is The Truth That We Can Only Face Alone. No One Can Help Us, Not Even The Buddha. So Consider Carefully, What Prevents You From Living The Way You Want To Live Your Life?

The Laws Of Reasoning Consist Of The Ground, The Path, And The Result. ...suffering Is In The Mind. How We Perceive Happiness Determines Our Suffering Or Not.

Women Have The Capacity To Lead Us To A More Peaceful World With Compassion, Affection, And Kindness.

Peace And The Survival Of Life On Earth As We Know It Are Threatened By Human Activities Which Lack A Commitment To Humanitarian Values. Destruction Of Nature And Nature's Resources Result From Ignorance, Greed And Lack Of Respect For The Earth's Living Things.

However Capable And Skillful An Individual May Be, Left Alone, He Or She Will Not Survive. When We Are Sick Or Very Young Or Very Old, We Must Depend On The Support Of Others. There Is No Significant Division Between Us And Other People, Because Our Basic Natures Are The Same. If We Wish To Ensure Everyone's Peace And Happiness, We Need To Cultivate A Healthy Respect For The Diversity Of Our Peoples And Cultures, Founded On An Understanding Of This Fundamental Sameness Of All Human Beings.

Inner Peace Is The Key: If You Have Inner Peace, The External Problems Do Not Affect Your Deep Sense Of Peace And Tranquility... Without This Inner Peace, No Matter How Comfortable Your Life Is Materially, You May Still Be Worried, Disturbed Or Unhappy Because Of Circumstances.

When You Lose, Don't Lose The Lesson.

The Right Way To Deal With Mental Unhappiness Must Be Within The Mind Too. On An Emotional Level, Anger, Fear And Worry Bring Unhappiness. Scientists Say They Eat Into Our Immune System. On The Other Hand, We Are Also Equipped With A Sense Of Affection And Compassionate Concern For The Well-being Of Others.

I Think When Religions Such As Hinduism And Buddhism - As Well As Christianity And Judaism - Were Founded, At That Time Societies Were Generally Male-dominated. So, Therefore This Social Notion Also Influenced Religion.

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.

To Be Aware Of A Single Shortcoming Within Oneself Is More Useful Than To Be Aware Of A Thousand In Somebody Else.

Happiness Is Not Something Ready Made. It Comes From Your Own Actions.

Peace Is The Only Way For The Survival Of Humanity

Be Kind Whenever Possible. It Is Always Possible.

People Think Of Animals As If They Were Vegetables, And That Is Not Right. We Have To Change The Way People Think About Animals. I Encourage The Tibetan People And All People To Move Toward A Vegetarian Diet That Doesn’t Cause Suffering.

Without Religion, Also There Is A Way, It Could Be This Way, Through Education, Through Scientific Findings, Then You Get Conviction. Not Necessarily Really Love Other, But For Their Own Interest They Are Showing Love, Compassion To Other Like That.

Whether You Believe In God Or Not Does Not Matter Much, Whether You Believe In Buddha Or Not Does Not Matter So Much; As A Buddhist, Whether You Believe In Reincarnation Or Not Does Not Matter So Much. You Must Lead A Good Life.

If Indeed The Qualities Such As Love, Patience, Tolerance, And Forgiveness Are What Happiness Consists In, And If It Is Also True That Compassion, Defined As Concern For Others, Is Both The Source And The Fruit Of These Qualities, Then The More We Are Compassionate, The More We Provide For Our Own Happiness.

Concern For Others

If We Can Manage To Refrain From Harming Others In Our Everyday Actions And Words, We Can Start To Give More Serious Attention To Actively Doing Good, And This Can Be A Source Of Great Joy And Inner Confidence. We Can Benefit Others Through Our Actions By Being Warm And Generous Toward Them, By Being Charitable, And By Helping Those In Need.

Once A Year Go Somewhere You Have Never Been Before.

Travel The World

To Develop Patience, You Need Someone Who Willfully Hurts You. Such People Give Us Real Opportunities To Practice Tolerance. They Test Our Inner Strength In A Way That Even Our Guru Cannot. Basically, Patience Protects Us From Being Discouraged.

Disagreement Is Something Normal.

If Science Proves Facts That Conflict With Buddhist Understanding, Buddhism Must Change Accordingly. We Should Always Adopt A View That Accords With The Facts.

The Realization That We Are All Basically The Same Human Beings Who Seek Happiness And Try To Avoid Suffering Is Very Helpful In Developing A Sense Of Brotherhood And Sisterhood; A Warm Feeling Of Love And Compassion For Others.

When Something Needs To Be Done In The World To Rectify The Wrongs, If One Is Really Concerned With Benefiting Others, One Needs To Be Engaged, Involved. This Is Action Out Of Compassion.

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

Nothing To Lose

I Have Come To The Conclusion That Whether Or Not A Person Is A Religious Believer Does Not Matter. Far More Important Is That They Be A Good Human Being.

This Is My Simple Religion. There Is No Need For Temples; No Need For Complicated Philosophy. Our Own Brain, Our Own Heart Is Our Temple; The Philosophy Is Kindness.

Whether We Like It Or Not, We Have All Been Born Into This World As Part Of One Great Human Family. Rich Or Poor, Educated Or Uneducated, Belonging To One Nation Or Another, To One Religion Or Another, Adhering To This Ideology Or That, Ultimately Each Of Is Just A Human Being Like Everyone Else. We All Desire Happiness And Do Not Want Suffering.

When You Engage In Fulfilling The Needs Of Others, Your Own Needs Are Fulfilled As A By-product.

Right From The Moment Of Our Birth, We Are Under The Care And Kindness Of Our Parents, And Then Later On In Our Life When We Are Oppressed By Sickness And Become Old, We Are Again Dependent On The Kindness Of Others. Since At The Beginning And End Of Our Lives We Are So Dependent On Other's Kindness, How Can It Be In The Middle That We Would Neglect Kindness Towards Others?

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