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If You Practice In Accord With Your Individual Capacity, Little By Little You Will Find More Pleasure And Joy In It. As You Gain Inner Strength, Your Positive Actions Will Gain In Profundity And Scope.

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If You Practice In Accord With Your Individual Capacity, Little By Little You Will Find More Pleasure And Joy In It. As You Gain Inner Strength, Your Positive Actions Will Gain In Profundity And Scope.

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Working Together

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Genuine Happiness

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Good Human Being

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Share Your Knowledge. It Is A Way To Achieve Immortality.

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The Root Of Happiness Is Altruism - The Wish To Be Of Service To Others.

Service To Others

A Simple Smile. That's The Start Of Opening Your Heart And Being Compassionate To Others.

Action For Happiness Encourages Each Of Us To Live More Compassionately And Put The Happiness Of Others At The Centre Of Our Lives. This Is The Path To Lasting Peace And Happiness

Peace And Happiness

Different People Describe Me In A Different Ways. Some Describe Me As The Living Buddha. Nonsense. Some Describe Me As 'god-king.' Nonsense. Some Consider Me As A Demon Or A Wolf In Buddhist Robes. That Also, I Think Nonsense.

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Be A Good Human Being, A Warm-hearted Affectionate Person. That Is My Fundamental Belief. Having A Sense Of Caring, A Feeling Of Compassion Will Bring Happiness Of Peace Of Mind To Oneself And Automatically Create A Positive Atmosphere.

Give The Ones You Love Wings To Fly, Roots To Come Back And Reasons To Stay.

The Compassion We Feel Normally Is Biased And Mixed With Attachment. Genuine Compassion Flows Towards All Living Beings, Particularly Your Enemies. If I Try To Develop Compassion Towards My Enemy, It May Not Benefit Him Directly, He May Not Even Be Aware Of It. But It Will Immediately Benefit Me By Calming My Mind. On The Other Hand, If I Dwell On How Awful Everything Is, I Immediately Lose My Peace Of Mind.

I Have Observed That Religious Practice Is Not A Precondition Either Of Ethical Conduct Or Of Happiness Itself. I Have Also Suggested That, Whether A Person Practices Religion Or Not, The Spiritual Qualities Of Love And Compassion, Patience, Tolerance, Forgiveness, Humility And So On Are Indispensable.

People Often Expect The Other Person To Respond First In A Positive Way, Instead Of Taking The Initiative To Create That Possibility. I Feel That's Wrong; It Can Act As A Barrier That Just Promotes A Feeling Of Isolation From Others. To Overcome Feelings Of Isolation And Loneliness, Your Underlying Attitude Makes A Tremendous Difference - Approaching Others With The Thought Of Compassion In Your Mind Is The Best Way.

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.

Since We Desire The True Happiness That Is Brought About By A Calm Mind, And Such Peace Of Mind Arises Only From Having A Compassionate Attitude, We Need To Make A Concerted Effort To Develop Compassion.

In Our Own Case, We Don't Consider The Loss Of A Monastery Or A Monument The End Of Our Entire Way Of Life. If One Monastery Is Destroyed, Sometimes It Happens.

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.

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When Invitation Come, Then I Inquire Just To See New Place Or Seeing Just The One Sort Of Family, Then Not Much Interest.

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

Cultivating Care And Concern For Others Gives Rise To A Kind Of Inner Strength. No Matter What Difficulties Or Problems You Face, In This Wider Context They’ll Seem Less Significant And Troubling To You. The Inner Strength, Self-confidence And Courage You Gain By Focussing On Others’ Needs Instead Of Your Own, Brings With It A Deep, Calm Sense Of Satisfaction.

Self Confidence

Concern For Others

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.

One Has To Try To Develop One's Inner Feelings, Which Can Be Done Simply By Training One's Mind. This Is A Priceless Human Asset And One You Don't Have To Pay Income Tax On!

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

I Believe That The Very Purpose Of Life Is To Be Happy. From The Very Core Of Our Being, We Desire Contentment. In My Own Limited Experience I Have Found That The More We Care For The Happiness Of Others, The Greater Is Our Own Sense Of Well-being.

Whether One Believes In A Religion Or Not, And Whether One Believes In Rebirth Or Not, There Isn't Anyone Who Doesn't Appreciate Kindness And Compassion.

From That Viewpoint, America, Free Country, Democratic Country, So More Opportunity. Still Is More Sort Of Alive. This Is My Feeling.

I Feel That A Genuine, Affectionate Smile Is Very Important In Our Day-to-day Lives. How One Creates That Smile Largely Depends On One's Own Attitude. It Is Illogical To Expect Smiles From Others If One Does Not Smile Oneself. Therefore, One Can See That Many Things Depend On One's Own Behaviour.

If We Have A Positive Mental Attitude, Then Even When Surrounded By Hostility, We Shall Not Lack Inner Peace.

Our Love Could Change The Orbit Of The Earth. So, If A Meteor Ever Comes Hurtling Towards Earth With The Guarantee Of Destruction, Top Scientists May Call On Us To, Well, You Know, Do It Like Crazy For The Sake Of Humankind.

There Are Techniques Of Buddhism, Such As Meditation, That Anyone Can Adopt. And, Of Course, There Are Christian Monks And Nuns Who Already Use Buddhist Methods In Order To Develop Their Devotion, Compassion, And Ability To Forgive.

Universal Responsibility Is The Key To Human Survival. It Is The Best Foundation For World Peace.

I Pray For A More Friendly, More Caring, And More Understanding Human Family On This Planet. To All Who Dislike Suffering, Who Cherish Lasting Happiness, This Is My Heartfelt Appeal.

Lasting Happiness

Even When A Person Has All Of Life's Comforts - Good Food, Good Shelter, A Companion - He Or She Can Still Become Unhappy When Encountering A Tragic Situation.

Ultimately, The Reason Why Love And Compassion Bring The Greatest Happiness Is Simply That Our Nature Cherishes Them Above All Else. The Need For Love Lies At The Very Foundation Of Human Existence.

I'm Now Nearly 79. At 16 I Took Responsibility For Tibet And Lost My Freedom. At 24 I Lost My Country And Became A Refugee. I've Met Difficulties, But As The Saying Goes: 'wherever You're Happy, You Can Call Home, And Whoever Is Kind To You Is Like Your Parents.' I've Been Happy And At Home In The World At Large. Living A Meaningful Life Isn't Just A Matter Of Money; It's About Dedicating Your Life To Helping Others.

My Hope And Wish Is That One Day, Formal Education Will Pay Attention To What I Call 'education Of The Heart'.

The Many Factors Which Divide Us Are Actually Much More Superficial Than Those We Share. Despite All Of The Things That Differentiate Us - Race, Language, Religion, Gender, Wealth And So On - We Are All Equal Concerning Our Fundamental Humanity.

We Human Beings Are Social Beings. We Come Into The World As The Result Of Others’ Actions. We Survive Here In Dependence On Others. Whether We Like It Or Not, There Is Hardly A Moment Of Our Lives When We Do Not Benefit From Others’ Activities. For This Reason, It Is Hardly Surprising That Most Of Our Happiness Arises In The Context Of Our Relationships With Others.

Wisdom Is The Best Guide And Faith Is The Best Companion.

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?

Beginnings And Ends

When You Realize You've Made A Mistake, Take Immediate Steps To Correct It.

Neither A Space Station Nor An Enlightened Mind Can Be Realized In A Day.

To Help Us Bring Benefit To Others Through Our Words And Actions, It Is Useful To Cultivate An Attitude Of Sympathetic Joy In Others’ Achievements And Good Fortune. This Attitude Is A Powerful Antidote Against Envy, Which Is Not Only A Source Of Unnecessary Suffering On The Individual Level But Also An Obstacle To Our Ability To Reach Out And Engage With Others.

China Has To Go Along With World Trends. That's Democracy, Liberty, Individual Freedom. China Sooner Or Later Has To Go That Way. It Cannot Go Backward.

I Always Try To Share With Others The Idea That In Order To Become Compassionate It Is Not Necessary To Become Religious.

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.

His Holiness Pope John Paul Ii Was A Determined And Deeply Spiritual Minded Person For Whom I Had Great Respect And Admiration. His Experience In Poland, Then A Communist Country, And My Own Difficulties With Communists, Gave Us An Immediate Common Ground

Feelings Of Anger, Bitterness, And Hate Are Negative. If I Kept Those Inside Me, They Would Spoil My Body And My Health. The Are Of No Use.

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

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