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Nowadays The World Is Becoming Increasingly Materialistic, And Mankind Is Reaching Toward The Very Zenith Of External Progress, Driven By An Insatiable Desire For Power And Vast Possessions. Yet By This Vain Striving For Perfection In A World Where Everything Is Relative,they Wander Even Further Away From Inward Peace And Happiness Of The Mind.

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Nowadays The World Is Becoming Increasingly Materialistic, And Mankind Is Reaching Toward The Very Zenith Of External Progress, Driven By An Insatiable Desire For Power And Vast Possessions. Yet By This Vain Striving For Perfection In A World Where Everything Is Relative,they Wander Even Further Away From Inward Peace And Happiness Of The Mind.

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My Religion Is Kindness.

Im A Tibetan Monk, Not A Vegetarian.

There Should Be Pluralism - The Concept Of Many Religions, Many Truths. But We Must Also Be Careful Not To Become Nihilistic.

Passion Is What Gives Sense To Our Life.

Love And Compassion Are Necessities, Not Luxuries. Without Them Humanity Cannot Survive.

Our Life Depends On Others So Much That At The Root Of Our Existence Is A Fundamental Need For Love. That Is Why It Is Good To Cultivate An Authentic Sense Of Responsibility And Concern For The Welfare Of Others.

In The Past, The Respect People Had For Religion Meant That Ethical Practice Was Maintained Through A Majority Following One Religion Or Another. But This Is No Longer The Case. We Must Therefore Find Some Other Way Of Establishing Basic Ethical Principles.

Ethical Principles

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.

What Is The Meaning Of Life? To Be Happy And Useful.

Is This What You Have In Mind,' I Asked The Dalai Lama, 'when You Say In Teachings That The Buddhas And Bodhisattvas Of The World Are The Most Selfish Beings Of All, That By Cultivating Altruism They Actually Achieve Ultimate Happiness For Themselves?' Yes. That's Wise Selfish,' He Replied. 'helping Others Not Means We Do This At Our Own Expense. Not Like This. Buddhas And Bodhisattvas, These People Very Wise. All Their Lives They Only Want One Thing: To Achieve Ultimate Happiness. How To Do This? By Cultivating Compassion, By Cultivating Altruism.

Sometimes Religion Becomes Yet Another Source For More Division And Even Open Conflict. Because Of That Situation, I Feel The Different Religious Traditions Have A Great Responsibility To Provide Peace Of Mind And A Sense Of Brotherhood And Sisterhood Among Humanity.

I Have No Trouble Sleeping.

Trouble Sleeping

Sometimes One Creates A Dynamic Impression By Saying Something, And Sometimes One Creates As Significant An Impression By Remaining Silent.

Many Problems That Confront Us Today Are Created By Man, Whether They Are Violent Conflicts, Destruction Of The Environment, Poverty Or Hunger. These Problems Can Be Resolved Thanks To Human Efforts By Understanding That We Are Brother And Sister And By Developing This Sense Of Closeness. We Must Cultivate A Universal Responsibility Toward Each Other And Extend It To The Planet That We Have To Share.

In Twenty Years' Time I'll Be Eighty-three, Just An Old Man With A Stick Moving Like A Sloth Bear. While I'm Alive, I Am Fully Committed To Autonomy, And I Am The Person Who Can Persuade The Tibetan People To Accept It.

The Two Most Important Things To Remember In Business Are: To Be Aware Of The Consequential Impact On Ecology, And A Caring Relationship Between Employer And Employee.

Up To Now My Involvement In The Tibetan Freedom Struggle Has Been Part Of My Spiritual Practice, Because The Issues Of The Survival Of The Buddha Teaching And The Freedom Of Tibet Are Very Much Related. In This Particular Struggle, There Is No Problem With Many Monks And Nuns, Including Myself, Joining.

Laughing In Full Abandonment Is Very Good For Your Health.

As Far As Social-economic Theory Is Concerned, I Am Still A Marxist

I Make Small Mistakes Every Day. But Major Mistakes? It Doesn't Seem So. I've Examined My Service To The Tibetan People And To Humanity, And I've Done As Much As I Can In My Life.

The Most Important Thing In Life Is Human Affection. Without It One Cannot Achieve Genuine Happiness. And If We Want A Happier Life, A Happier Family, Happier Neighbours Or A Happier Nation, The Key Is Inner Quality. Even If The Five Billion Human Beings That Inhabit The Earth Become Millionaires, Without Inner Development There Cannot Be Peace Or Any Lasting Happiness.

Lasting Happiness

Too Much Of A Self-centered Attitude Creates Mistrust And Suspicion In Others, Which Can In Turn Lead To Fear. But If You Have More Of An Open Mind, And You Cultivate A Sense Of Concern For Others' Well-being, Then, No Matter What Others' Attitudes Are, You Can Keep Your Inner Peace.

Concern For Others

Furthermore, I Shall Explain The Nature Of Dharmata: Such A Nature As This Cannot Be Determined To Be Any One Thing. So However You Label It, That Is How It Appears.

Human Use, Population, And Technology Have Reached That Certain Stage Where Mother Earth No Longer Accepts Our Presence With Silence.

We Need To Find Secular Ways To Cultivate Warm-heartedness. We Need Secular Ways To Educate Ourselves About Inner Values. The Source Of A Happy Life Is Within Us. Trouble Makers In Many Parts Of The World Are Often Quite Well Educated, So It Is Not Just Education That We Need. We Need To Pay Attention To Inner Values.

The Ultimate Source Of Happiness Is Not Money And Power, But Warm-heartedness

A Compassionate Attitude Opens Our Inner Door, And As A Result It Is Much Easier To Communicate With Others. If There Is Too Much Self-centered Attitude, Then Fear, Doubt And Suspicion Come And As A Result Our Inner Door Closes. Then It Is Very Difficult To Communicate With Others.

In Our Concern For Others, We Worry Less About Ourselves. When We Worry Less About Ourselves An Experience Of Our Own Suffering Is Less Intense. What Does This Tell Us? Firstly, Because Our Every Action Has A Universal Dimension, A Potential Impact On Others' Happiness, Ethics Are Necessary As A Means To Ensure That We Do Not Harm Others. Secondly, It Tells Us That Genuine Happiness Consists In Those Spiritual Qualities Of Love, Compassion, Patience, Tolerance And Forgiveness And So On. For It Is These Which Provide Both For Our Happiness And Others' Happiness.

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.

Calm Mind Brings Inner Strength And Self-confidence, So That's Very Important For Good Health.

Self Confidence

This We Can All Bear Witness To, Living As We Do Plagued By Unremitting Anxiety . It Becomes More And More Imperative That The Life Of The Spirit Be Avowed As The Only Firm Basis Upon Which To Establish Happiness And Peace.

A Disciplined Mind Leads To Happiness, And An Undisciplined Mind Leads To Suffering.

We Need To Teach People That The Environment Has A Direct Bearing On Our Own Benefit.

I'd Rather Be Kind Than Right. You Can Always Be Kind.

Human Potential Is The Same For All. Your Feeling, 'i Am Of No Value', Is Wrong. Absolutely Wrong. You Are Deceiving Yourself. We All Have The Power Of Thought — So What Are You Lacking? If You Have Will-power , Then You Can Do Anything. It Is Usually Said That You Are Your Own Master.

Believe In Yourself

Instead Of Wondering Why This Is Happening To You, Consider Why This Is Happening To You.

I Want To Show That There Are Indeed Some Universal Ethical Principles Which Could Help Everyone To Achieve The Happiness We All Aspire To.

Ethical Principles

I Think The Problem Is These Basic Sort Of Human Values From Our - From The Beginning, From Birth, Are Not Sort Of Properly Nurtured. So Then Our Mind, Our Brain, Through Education And Also Difference Of Experiences, That Eventually, These Basic Values Or What Are Called Dominant, Not Have The Catching Up Our Intelligence, Experience Growth, That Also Should Grow. Then Our Life Become More Human.

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