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It Is Not Just A Person's Physical Constitution, Their Intellegence, Their Education, Or Even Their Social Conditioning That Enables Them To Withstand Hardship. Much More Significant Is Their Inner Development. And While Some May Be Able To Survive Through Sheer Willpower, The Ones Who Suffer The Least Are Those Who Have A High Degree Of Patience And Courage In The Face Of Adversity.

-Dalai Lama

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Dalai Lama

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It Is Not Just A Person's Physical Constitution, Their Intellegence, Their Education, Or Even Their Social Conditioning That Enables Them To Withstand Hardship. Much More Significant Is Their Inner Development. And While Some May Be Able To Survive Through Sheer Willpower, The Ones Who Suffer The Least Are Those Who Have A High Degree Of Patience And Courage In The Face Of Adversity.

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Whenever I Visit A Market And See The Chickens Crowded Together In Tiny Cages That Give Them No Room To Move Around And Spread Their Wings And The Fish Slowly Drowning In The Air, My Heart Goes Out To Them. People Have To Learn To Think About Animals In A Different Way, As Sentient Beings Who Love Life And Fear Death. I Urge Everyone Who Can To Adopt A Compassionate Vegetarian Diet.

For Discovering One's True Inner Nature, I Think One Should Try To Take Out Some Time, With Quiet And Relaxation, To Think More Inwardly And To Investigate The Inner World. That May Help.

As A Buddhist, I View Death As A Normal Process, A Reality That I Accept Will Occur As Long As I Remain In This Earthly Existence. Knowing That I Cannot Escape It, I See No Point In Worrying About It. I Tend To Think Of Death As Being Like Changing Your Clothes When They Are Old And Worn Out, Rather Than As Some Final End. Yet Death Is Unpredictable: We Do Not Know When Or How It Will Take Place. So It Is Only Sensible To Take Certain Precautions Before It Actually Happens.

Despite All Philosophical Differences, All Major World Religions Have The Same Potential To Create Good Human Beings.

World Religions

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!

The Development Of Our Minds And Our Destination In Future Lives Is In Our Hands. No One Else Can Help Us. It Is Very Important That We Each Take Responsibility For Ourselves. Sustain Mindfulness 24 Hours A Day. Thank You. That Is All.

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.

We Are Born And Reborn Countless Number Of Times, And It Is Possible That Each Being Has Been Our Parent At One Time Or Another. Therefore, It Is Likely That All Beings In This Universe Have Familial Connections.

I Think Really, China, Chinese, I Think They Really Have A Long History Of Civilization, Rich Culture.

Looking At Various Means Of Developing Compassion, I Think Empathy Is An Important Factor: The Ability To Appreciate Others' Suffering.

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

Number Of People Have Said To Me, After Hearing Your Thinking, Their Mind Becomes Much More Happier.

Old Friends Pass Away, New Friends Appear. It Is Just Like The Days. An Old Day Passes, A New Day Arrives. The Important Thing Is To Make It Meaningful: A Meaningful Friend - Or A Meaningful Day.

Basically, The Buddhist Attitude Is That You Should Not Accept Certain Things Through Sheer Faith. And For That You Need A Skeptical Attitude. Buddha Himself Made This Clear To His Followers. He Said You Should Not Accept Those Things I Taught Out Of Respect For Me, But Rather Through Investigation By Yourself.

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.

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

Nothing To Lose

An Important Distinction Can Be Made Between Religion And Spirituality. Religion [is] Concerned With Faith In The Claims To Salvation Of One Faith Tradition... Spirituality Is Concerned With Qualities Of The Human Spirit, Love And Compassion, Patience, Tolerance, Forgiveness, Contentment, A Sense Of Responsibility, A Sense Of Harmony, That Bring Happiness Both To Self.

When Educating The Minds Of Our Youth, We Must Not Forget To Educate Their Hearts.

If You Help And Serve Others, You Will Ultimately Gain.

It Is The Enemy Who Can Truly Teach Us To Practice The Virtues Of Compassion And Tolerance.

We Have A Largely Materialistic Lifestyle Characterized By A Materialistic Culture. However, This Only Provides Us With Temporary, Sensory Satisfaction, Whereas Long-term Satisfaction Is Based Not On The Senses But On The Mind. That’s Where Real Tranquility Is To Be Found. And Peace Of Mind Turns Out To Be A Significant Factor In Our Physical Health Too.

I Only Escaped From Tibet Because I Feared My People Would Resort To Desperate Violence If The Chinese Took Me As Their Prisoner.

One Mongolian Leader Became A Very, Very Brutal Dictator And Eventually Became A Murderer. Previously, He Was A Monk, And Then He Became A Revolutionary. Under The Influence Of His New Ideology, He Actually Killed His Own Teacher. Pol Pot's Family Background Was Buddhist. Whether He Himself Was A Buddhist At A Young Age, I Don't Know. Even Chairman Mao's Family Background Was Buddhist. So One Day, If The Dalai Lama Becomes A Mass Murderer, He Will Become The Most Deadly Of Mass Murderers.

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

My Faith Helps Me Overcome Such Negative Emotions And Find My Equilibrium.

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

Forgiveness Love

Our Ancient Experience Confirms At Every Point That Everything Is Linked Together, Everything Is Inseparable.

Concern Yourselves More With The Needs Of Others, With The Needs Of All Humanity, And You'll Have Peace Of Mind.

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

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

Although It Is Difficult To Pinpoint The Physical Base Or Location Of Awareness, It Is Perhaps The Most Precious Thing Concealed Within Our Brains. And It Is Something That The Individual Alone Can Feel And Experience. Each Of Us Cherishes It Highly, Yet It Is Private.

The Proper Way To Create Friends Is To Have A Warm Heart, Not Simply Money Or Power. The Friend Of Power And The Friend Of Money Are Something Different.

If Your Own Mental Attitude Is Correct, Even If You Remain In A Hostile Atmosphere, You Feel Happy.

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