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Let Us Cultivate Love And Compassion, Both Of Which Give Life True Meaning. This Is The Religion I Preach. It Is Simple. Its Temple Is The Heart. Its Teaching Is Love And Compassion. Its Moral Values Are Loving And Respecting Others, Whoever They May Be. Whether One Is A Lay Person Or A Monastic, We Have No Other Option If We Wish To Survive In This World.

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Let Us Cultivate Love

Dalai Lama

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Let Us Cultivate Love And Compassion, Both Of Which Give Life True Meaning. This Is The Religion I Preach. It Is Simple. Its Temple Is The Heart. Its Teaching Is Love And Compassion. Its Moral Values Are Loving And Respecting Others, Whoever They May Be. Whether One Is A Lay Person Or A Monastic, We Have No Other Option If We Wish To Survive In This World.

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The Challenge Today Is To Convince People Of The Value Of Truth, Honesty, Compassion And A Concern For Others.

Concern For Others

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Self Confidence

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In Order To Carry A Positive Action We Must Develop Here A Positive Vision.

Unlike An External Enemy, The Inner Enemy Cannot Regroup And Launch A Comeback Once It Has Been Destroyed From Within.

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.

A Tree With Strong Roots Can Withstand The Most Violent Storm, But The Tree Can't Grow Roots Just As The Storm Appears On The Horizon.

All Human Beings Have An Innate Desire To Overcome Suffering, To Find Happiness. Training The Mind To Think Differently, Through Meditation, Is One Important Way To Avoid Suffering And Be Happy.

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

Contemplating The Suffering Which Is Unbearable To Us, And Is Unbearable To Others, Too, Can Produce Awake Mind, Which Arises From The Compassion That Wishes To Free All Living Beings From Suffering.

A Mind Committed To Compassion Is Like An Overflowing Reservoir - A Constant Source Of Energy, Determination, And Kindness.

Media People Should Have Long Noses Like An Elephant To Smell Out Politicians, Mayors, Prime Ministers And Businessmen. We Need To Know The Reality, The Good And The Bad, Not Just The Appearance.

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

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.

I Want To Be Just A Pure Spiritual Leader.

The Rationale For Loving Others Is The Recognition Of The Simple Fact That Every Living Being Has The Same Right To And The Same Desire For Happiness, And Not Suffering, And The Consideration That You As One Individual Are One Life Unit As Compared With The Mulititude Of Others In Their Ceaseless Quest For Happiness.

There Are Only Two Days In The Year That Nothing Can Be Done. One Is Called Yesterday And The Other Is Called Tomorrow. Today Is The Right Day To Love, Believe, Do And Mostly Live.

Treat Each Person As You Would An Old Friend.

Silence Is Sometimes The Best Answer

The Egotistical Ambition To Always Want To Earn More Money Harms Both The Company And The Individual Himself. That Is The Biggest Weakness Of Many Managers - The Financial Crisis Has Proven This.

There Are So Many Things I Could Say About You But None Of Them Can Describe You Fully. You Are The Beauty I Was Waiting For. The Love Of My Life Of Whom I Dreamed Day And Night.

Love Of My Life

In Some Respects I Have Been The Most Unlucky Because I Have Spent More Time Living As A Refugee Outside My Country Than I Have Spent In Tibet. On The Other Hand, It Has Been Very Rewarding For Me To Live In A Democracy And To Learn About The World In A Way That We Tibetans Had Never Known Before.

I Believe That At Every Level Of Society The Key To A Happier World Is The Growth Of Compassion. We Do Not Need To Become Religious, Nor Do We Need To Believe In An Ideology. All That Is Necessary Is For Each Of Us To Develop Our Good Human Qualities.

Had Tibet Not Fallen Away From Dharma China Could Not Have Invaded.

After I Handed Over All My Authority, I Feel Now Our Struggle [for Tibet ] Become Much, Much Safer. And Me Personally, The Day I Officially Handed Over, That Night, Very Unusual Sound. I Am Quite Free Now.

Out Of 6 Billion Humans, The Troublemakers Are Just A Handful.

Provided That Societies Stay Mindful Of The Challenges That Capitalism Creates And Never Forget The Paramount Importance Of Inclusion And Equal Opportunity, We Can And Should Celebrate The Miracle Of Free Enterprise-and The Billions Of Souls It Has Helped Free From Desperate Poverty.

The Reality Today Is That We Are All Interdependent And Have To Co-exist On This Small Planet. Therefore, The Only Sensible And Intelligent Way Of Resolving Differences And Clashes Of Interests, Whether Between Individuals Or Nations, Is Through Dialogue.

There Are Five Billion Human Beings And In A Certain Way I Think We Need Five Billion Different Religions.

If Some People Have The Belief Or View That The Dalai Lama Has Some Miracle Power, That's Totally Nonsense.

I Don't Want To Be A Prisoner In A Palace, Living In Such A Constricted Way - Too Tight!

I'm Sure All Of Us Agree That We Need To Overcome Violence, But We First Need To Examine Whether It Has Any Value. From A Strictly Practical Perspective, On Certain Occasions Violence Appears To Be Useful. We Can Solve A Problem Quickly By Force. But This Success Is Often At The Expense Of The Rights And Welfare Of Others. Although One Problem Has Been Solved, The Seed Of Another Has Been Planted.

A Loving Atmosphere In Your Home Is The Foundation For Your Life.

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