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Material Progress And A Higher Standard Of Living Bring Us Greater Comfort And Health, But Do Not Lead To A Transformation Of The Mind, Which Is The Only Thing Capable Of Providing Lasting Peace. Profound Happiness, Unlike Fleeting Pleasures, Is Spiritual In Nature. It Depends On The Happiness Of Others And It Is Based On Love And Affection.

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Material Progress And A Higher Standard Of Living Bring Us Greater Comfort And Health, But Do Not Lead To A Transformation Of The Mind, Which Is The Only Thing Capable Of Providing Lasting Peace. Profound Happiness, Unlike Fleeting Pleasures, Is Spiritual In Nature. It Depends On The Happiness Of Others And It Is Based On Love And Affection.

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My Message Is The Practice Of Compassion, Love And Kindness.

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Life Is As Dear To A Mute Creature As It Is To Man. Just As One Wants Happiness And Fears Pain, Just As One Wants To Live And Not Die, So Do Other Creatures.

The Point Of Life Is Happiness.

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When You Are Warm-hearted, There Is No Room For Anger, Jealousy Or Insecurity.

The Chinese Government Wants Me To Say That For Many Centuries Tibet Has Been Part Of China. Even If I Make That Statement, Many People Would Just Laugh. And My Statement Will Not Change Past History. History Is History.

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Today Is The Right Day To Love, Believe, Do, And Mostly, Live.

We Must Work To Resolve Conflicts In A Spirit Of Reconciliation And Always Keep In Mind The Interests Of Others. We Cannot Destroy Our Neighours! We Cannot Ignore Their Interests!

There Is No Denying That Consideration Of Others Is Worthwhile And That Our Happiness Is Inextricably Bound Up With The Happiness Of Others. There Is No Denying That If Society Suffers, We Ourselves Suffer, And The More Our Hearts And Minds Are Afflicted With Ill-will, The More Miserable We Become. We Can Reject Religion, Ideology, Received Wisdom, But We Cannot Escape The Need For Love And Compassion.

If You Focus Only On Yourself And Neglect Others, You Will Lose; But You Will Gain If You Value Others As Much As You Cherish Yourself.

God Exists Or God Does Not Exist. Leave It For Us. Your Task Is To Learn How To Live Peacefully.

True Friends Share Genuine Closeness And Remain Friends Irrespective Of Fluctuating Fortunes.

Don't Use Buddhism To Become A Buddhist. Use Buddhism To Become Better At Whatever Else In Your Life You Are Doing Already.

Compassion Is Not Helpless Pity, But An Awareness And Determination That Demands Action.

The Past Is Past, And The Future Is Yet To Come. That Means The Future Is In Your Hands - The Future Entirely Depends On The Present. That Realization Gives You A Great Responsibility.

Because My Main Concern Is The Tibetan Buddhist Culture, Not Just Political Independence, I Cannot Seek Self-rule For Central Tibet And Exclude The 4 Million Tibetans In Our Two Eastern Provinces Of Amdo And Kham.

Of Course, When I Say That Human Nature Is Gentleness, It Is Not 100 Percent So. Every Human Being Has That Nature, But There Are Many People Acting Against Their Nature, Being False.

If We Can Cultivate A Concern For Others, Keeping In Mind The Oneness Of Humanity, We Can Build A More Compassionate World.

Concern For Others

I Became The Dalai Lama Not On A Volunteer Basis.

Some Feel That You Lose Your Independence If You Don't Let Your Mind Just Wander Where It Wants To, If You Try To Control It. But That Is Not The Case. If Your Mind Is Proceeding In The Correct Way, One Already Has The Correct Opinion. But If Your Mind Is Proceeding In An Incorrect Way, Then It's Necessary, Definitely, To Exercise Control.

There Should Be A Balance Between Material And Spiritual Progress, A Balance Achieved Through The Principles Based On Love And Compassion.

Every Man Has The Basis Of Good. Not Only Human Beings, You Can Find It Among Animals And Insects, For Instance, When We Treat A Dog Or Horse Lovingly.

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 Can Change Society, Change Humanity By Changing Ourselves As Individuals. By Cultivating Inner Values, We Can Change Our Own Lives And Those Of Our Families. This Is How We Can Create A More Peaceful World.

In Fact, Being Wealthy Often Brings Even More Anxiety.

If You Want Others To Be Happy, Practice Compassion. If You Want To Be Happy, Practice Compassion.

We Believe In Self Creation. That's Why Buddhists Believe In The Four Noble Truths.

Every Human Actions Becomes Dangerous When It Is Deprived Of Human Feeling. When They Are Performed With Feeling And Respect For Human Values, All Activities Become Constructive.

A Learned Person Will Become Noble Only When He Or She Has Put Into Real Practice What Has Been Learned, Instead Of Mere Words.

Continue This Practice No Matter What Happens Or What Anyone Does To You.

As People Alive Today, We Must Consider Future Generations: A Clean Environment Is A Human Right Like Any Other. It Is Therefore Part Of Our Responsibility Toward Others To Ensure That The World We Pass On Is As Healthy, If Not Healthier, Than We Found It.

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

Looking At The Pattern Of Our Existence From Birth To Death, We Can See The Way In Which We Are Fundamentally Nurtured By Other's Affection.

Our Prime Purpose In This Life Is To Help Others. And If You Can't Help Them, At Least Don't Hurt Them.

In Some Cases, In Order To Protect Global Issues Some Sacrifice For National Interest Is Worth It In The Long Run. Global Warming, These Things, They Suffer Everybody.

Real Love Is Not Based On Attachment, But On Altruism. In This Case, Your Compassion Will Remain As A Humane Response To Suffering As Long As Beings Continue To Suffer.

I Am Confident That The Next Century Will Be Better Than This One.

If We Ourselves Remain Angry And Then Sing World Peace, It Has Little Meaning. First, Our Individual Self Must Learn Peace. This We Can Practice. Then We Can Teach The Rest Of The World.

If There Were Really Serious Consequences If I Did Not Accept, Then Of Course I Would Do Whatever Was Necessary. But In General I Really Prefer Some Freedom.

When Young We Have A Vivid Sense Of Basic Values Like Trust And Warm-heartedness, Which We Tend To Neglect In Today's Competitive World As We Grow Up, Yet From Birth We All Have A Need For Affection. The Emotions We Experience Today Have Not Changed Much Over The Last Few Thousand Years, But The Interest Increasing Numbers Of People Are Showing In Their Inner World And How Their Emotions Work Is A Sign Of Maturity.

There Is Soul Music, Soul Food, And Soul Love.

Food For The Soul

Sectarian Feelings And Criticism Of Other Teachings Or Other Sects Is Very Bad, Poisonous, And Should Be Avoided.

Human Beings Are Not Intrinsically Selfish, Which Isolates Us From Others. We Are Essentially Social Animals Who Depend On Others To Meet Our Needs. We Achieve Happiness, Prosperity And Progress Through Social Interaction. Therefore, Having A Kind And Helpful Attitude Contributes To Our Own And Others' Happiness.

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