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If You Help Others With Sincere Motivation And Sincere Concern, That Will Bring You More Fortune, More Friends, More Smiles, And More Success. If You Forget About Others' Rights And Neglect Others' Welfare, Ultimately You Will Be Very Lonely.

-Dalai Lama

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If You Help Others

Dalai Lama

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If You Help Others With Sincere Motivation And Sincere Concern, That Will Bring You More Fortune, More Friends, More Smiles, And More Success. If You Forget About Others' Rights And Neglect Others' Welfare, Ultimately You Will Be Very Lonely.

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Common Experience

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Vegetarian Diet

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Secular Humanism

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... Our Individual Well-being Is Intimately Connected Both With That Of All Others And With The Environment Within Which We Live.... Our Every Action, Our Every Deed, Word, And Thought, No Matter How Slight Or Inconsequential It May Seem, Has An Implication Not Only For Ourselves, But For All Others, Too.

Compassion Is The Wish To See Others Free From Suffering.

We Must Have A Pure, Honest, And Warm-hearted Motivation, And On Top Of That, Determination, Optimism, Hope, And The Ability Not To Be Discouraged. The Whole Of Humanity Depends On This Motivation.

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

In Order To Become Prosperous, A Person Must Initially Work Very Hard, So He Or She Has To Sacrifice A Lot Of Leisure Time.

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Tibetans Must Take Full Authority And Responsibility For Developing Industry, Looking From All Different Perspectives, Taking Care Of The Environment, Conserving Resources For Long-term Economic Health, And Safeguarding The Interests Of Tibetan Workers, Nomads, And Farmers.

When We Develop A Right Attitude Of Compassion And Gratitude, We Take A Giant Step Towards Solving Our Personal And International Problems

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‎interdependence Is A Fundamental Law Of Nature. Even Tiny Insects Survive By Mutual Cooperation Based On Innate Recognition Of Their Interconnectedness. It Is Because Our Own Human Existence Is So Dependent On The Help Of Others That Our Need For Love Lies At The Very Foundation Of Our Existence. Therefore We Need A Genuine Sense Of Responsibility And A Sincere Concern For The Welfare Of Others.

A Calm Mind Is Good For Our Physical Health, But It Also Enables Us To See Things More Realistically.

In Order To Be Happy We Must First Possess Inner Contentment; And Inner Contentment Doesn't Come From Having All We Want; But Rather From Wanting And Appreciating Being Grateful For All We Have.

The Very Purpose Of Our Life Is Happiness, Which Is Sustained By Hope. We Have No Guarantee About The Future, But We Exist In The Hope Of Something Better. Hope Means Keeping Going, Thinking, ‘i Can Do This.’ It Brings Inner Strength, Self-confidence , The Ability To Do What You Do Honestly, Truthfully And Transparently.

Self Confidence

We Forget That Despite The Superficial Differences Between Us, People Are Equal In Their Basic Wish For Peace And Happiness.

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My Aim Is To Create A Happy Society With Genuine Friendship. Friendship Between Tibetan And Chinese Peoples Is Very Essential.

Genuine Friends

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Concern For Others

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Now Is The Time When Your Action Is Practice.

I Will Not Propose To You That My Way Is Best. The Decision Is Up To You. If You Find Some Point Which May Be Suitable To You, Then You Can Carry Out Experiments For Yourself. If You Find That It Is Of No Use, Then You Can Discard It.

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Logical Reasoning

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

If The Mind Is Tranquil And Occupied With Positive Thoughts, The Body Will Not Easily Fall Prey To Disease

If You Want Change, Create The Causes.

One Of The Most Effective Ways To Overcome Anxiety Is To Try To Shift The Focus Of Attention Away From Self And Toward Others. When We Succeed In This, We Find That The Scale Of Our Own Problems Diminishes. This Is Not To Say We Should Ignore Our Own Needs Altogether, But Rather That We Should Try To Remember Others' Needs Alongside Our Own, No Matter How Pressing Ours May Be

In The Interests Of Everyone The Artist Had A Responsibility To Use His Medium Well. In The Tibetan Culture, Most Of The Paintings Are Of Deities Or Buddhas, And They Try To Send A Message Of The Value Of The Spiritual.

I Describe Myself As A Simple Buddhist Monk. No More, No Less.

Without Love We Could Not Survive. Human Beings Are Social Creatures, And A Concern For Each Other Is The Very Basis Of Our Life Together.

To Me There Is No Difference Whether President, Beggar, Or King.

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.

Kindness Is The Key To Peace And Harmony In Family Life.

You Cant Help Someone Just By Making A Wish To Do So, You Have To Take Action.

World Peace Must Develop From Inner Peace. Peace Is Not Just Mere Absence Of Violence. Peace Is, I Think, The Manifestation Of Human Compassion.

We Can't Blame The Entire Muslim Society Because Of The Mischievous Acts Of A Few Individuals. Therefore, At The General Public Level We Must Cultivate The Notion Of Not Just One Religion, One Truth, But Pluralism And Many Truths. We Can Change The Atmosphere, And We Can Modify Certain Ways Of Thinking.

You Have To Start Giving First And Expect Absolutely Nothing.

Absolutely Nothing

When We Are Motivated By Compassion And Wisdom, The Results Of Our Actions Benefit Everyone, Not Just Our Individual Selves Or Some Immediate Convenience. When We Are Able To Recognize And Forgive Ignorant Actions Of The Past, We Gain Strength To Constructively Solve The Problems Of The Present.

Of Course, There Are Different Truths On Different Levels. Things Are True Relative To Other Things; "long" And "short" Relate To Each Other, "high" And "low," And So On. But Is There Any Absolute Truth? Something Self-sufficient, Independently True In Itself? I Don't Think So.

While It Is All Very Well To Distinguish Happiness That Is Transient From That Which Is Lasting, Between Ephemeral And Genuine Happiness, The Only Happiness It Is Meaningful To Speak Of When A Person Is Dying From Thirst Is Access To Water.

An Affectionate Disposition Not Only Makes The Mind More Peaceful And Calm, But It Affects Our Body In A Positive Way Too. On The Other Hand, Hatred, Jealousy And Fear Upset Our Peace Of Mind, Make Us Agitated And Affect Our Body Adversely. Even Our Body Needs Peace Of Mind And Is Not Suited To Agitation. This Shows That An Appreciation For Peace Of Mind Is In Our Blood.

The Lessons We Have Begun To Learn Make Me Hopeful, That Human Beings Will Become Friendlier, More Harmonious, Less Harmful. Compassion And The Seeds Of Peace Will Be Able To Flourish. At The Same Time, Every Individual Is Responsible To Help Guide Our Global Family In The Right Direction. Good Wishes Alone Are Not Enough; We Have To Take Responsibility. Large Human Movements Spring From Individual Human Initiatives

Infinite Altruism Is The Basis Of Peace And Happiness. If You Want Altruism, You Must Control Hate And You Must Practice Patience. The Main Teachers Of Patience Are Our Enemies.

Tolerance And Patience Should Not Be Read As Signs Of Weakness. They Are Signs Of Strength.

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