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Peace Has A Great Deal To Do With Warm-heartednes S And Respect For The Lives Of Others, Avoiding Doing Them Harm And Regarding Their Lives As Being As Precious As Our Own. If, On That Basis, We Can Also Be Of Help To Others, So Much The Better.

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Peace Has A Great Deal To Do With Warm-heartednes S And Respect For The Lives Of Others, Avoiding Doing Them Harm And Regarding Their Lives As Being As Precious As Our Own. If, On That Basis, We Can Also Be Of Help To Others, So Much The Better.

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The Very Purpose Of Meditation Is To Discipline The Mind And Reduce Afflictive Emotions.

Compassion And Love Give Meaning To Our Activities And Makes Them Constructive.

I Am Sometimes Sad When I Hear The Personal Stories Of Tibetan Refugees Who Have Been Tortured Or Beaten. Some Irritation, Some Anger Comes. But It Never Lasts Long. I Always Try To Think At A Deeper Level, To Find Ways To Console.

Compassion Seems To Be The Greatest Power.

We Have Global Communication And Yet Confrontation Is More Common Than Dialogue.

We Must Realize That It Is Best To Focus On Our Oneness, To Re Emphasize What Is The Same About Each Of Us Rather Than Dwell On What Is Different.

Anger Cannot Be Overcome By Anger. If Someone Is Angry With You, And You Show Anger In Return, The Result Is A Disaster. On The Other Hand, If You Control Your Anger And Show Its Opposite - Love, Compassion, Tolerance And Patience - Not Only Will You Remain Peaceful, But The Other Person's Anger Will Also Diminish.

When We Consider Reality Itself We Quickly Become Aware Of Its Infinite Complexity, And We Realize That Our Habitual Perception Of It Is Often Inadequate. If This Were Not So, The Concept Of Deception Would Be Meaningless.

The First Beneficiary Of Compassion Is Always Oneself. When Compassion, Or Warmheartedness, Arises In Us And Our Focus Shifts Away From Our Own Narrow Self-interest, It Is As If We Open An Inner Door. It Reduces Fear, Boosts Confidence And Brings Us Inner Strength. By Reducing Distrust, It Opens Us To Others And Brings Us A Sense Of Connection To Others, And Sense Of Purpose And Meaning In Life.

I Hope That At This Moment You Are Thinking Of Yourself As A Human Being Rather Than As An American, Asian, European, African, Or Member Of Any Particular Country. These Loyalties Are Secondary.

Thinking Of You

Ketika Kita Masih Kecil Dan Setelah Kita Lanjut Usia, Kita Sangat Tergantung Kepada Orang-orang Lain. Di Antara Masa Itu, Kita Merasa Bisa Melakukan Segala Sesuatu Tanpa Bantuan Orang Lain, Sehingga Menganggap Perhatian Sesama Tidak Penting. Padahal Dalam Tahap Ini Perlu Sekali Bagi Kita Untuk Memelihara Cinta Kasih Yang Mendalam Antar Sesama Manusia.

If You Wish To Experience Peace, Provide Peace For Another. If You Wish To Know That You Are Safe, Cause Another To Know That They Are Safe. If You Wish To Better Understand Seemingly Incomprehensible Things, Help Another To Better Understand. If You Wish To Heal Your Own Sadness Or Anger, Seek To Heal The Sadness Or Anger Of Another.

Today, The World Is So Small And So Interdependent That The Concept Of War Has Become Anachronistic, An Outmoded Approach. As A Rule, We Always Talk About Reform And Changes. Among The Old Traditions, There Are Many Aspects That Are Either Ill-suited To Our Present Reality Or Are Counterproductive Due To Their Shortsightedness. These, We Have Consigned To The Dustbin Of History. War Too Should Be Relegated To The Dustbin Of History.

It May Seem Unrealistic To Think We Can Ever Become Free From Hatred, But Buddhists Have Systematic Methods For Gradually Developing A Tolerance Powerful Enough To Give Such Freedom.

I Am Convinced That Human Nature Is Basically Affectionate And Good. If Our Behavior Follows Our Kind And Loving Nature, Immense Benefits Will Result, Not Only For Ourselves, But Also For The Society To Which We Belong. I Generally Refer To This Sort Of Love And Affection As A Universal Religion. Everyone Needs It, Believers As Much As Non-believers. This Attitude Constitutes The Very Basis Of Morality.

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Hardship, In Forcing Us To Exercise Greater Patience And Forbearance In Daily Life, Actually Makes Us Stronger And More Robust. From The Daily Experience Of Hardship Comes A Greater Capacity To Accept Difficulties Without Losing Our Sense Of Inner Calm. Of Course, I Do Not Advocate Seeking Out Hardship As A Way Of Life, But Merely Wish To Suggest That, If You Relate To It Constructively, It Can Bring Greater Inner Strength And Fortitude.

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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.

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

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Anger, Hatred And Jealousy Never Solve Problems, Only Affection, Concern And Respect Can Do That.

The Purpose Of Life Is To Increase The Warm Heart.

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Attention-yes! That's Present! And Present, You See, Makes Past And Future.

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There Are Techniques Of Buddhism, Such As Meditation, That Anyone Can Adopt.

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Cats, Dogs, And Some I Mean, Birds, Many Species Of Mammals, They Also Have The Sort Of Potential To Show Affection Firstly Because Of The Biological Factor.

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I Don't Take Myself Too Seriously! That Makes Me Happy.

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By Far The Single Greatest Danger Facing Humankind - In Fact, All Living Beings On Our Planet - Is The Threat Of Nuclear Destruction.

By Developing A Sense Of Concern For Others' Well-being, Then No Matter What Others' Attitudes Are, You Can Keep Inner Peace.

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In A Free Country, America, Or India, And Japan, And Many Places, Democracy Country, Free Country, But Still Within The Sort Of Rule Of Law, Some Injustice, Some Sort Of Problems, Some Discrimination, And Also Some Sort Of Scandals Or The Corruptions. These Things, You See, They Are Always In My Mind, I Think Many People Agree, Lack Of Moral Principle.

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We Need To Learn How To Want What We Have Not To Have What We Want In Order To Get Steady And Stable Happiness

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Friends, Genuine Friends, Have Much More To Do With Whether We Have A Warm Heart, Not Money Or Power.

Genuine Friends

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

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All Religions Try To Benefit People, With The Same Basic Message Of The Need For Love And Compassion, For Justice And Honesty, For Contentment.

In The Final Analysis, The Hope Of Every Person Is Simply Peace Of Mind.

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Peace Isn't The Mere Absence Of Violence; Peace Must Come From Inner Peace. And Inner Peace Comes From Taking Others’ Interests Into Account.

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We Need To Employ A Secular Approach To Ethics, Secular In The Indian Sense Of Respecting All Religious Traditions And Even The Views Of Non-believers In An Unbiased Way. Secular Ethics Rooted In Scientific Findings, Common Experience And Common Sense Can Easily Be Introduced Into The Secular Education System. If We Can Do That There Is A Real Prospect Of Making This 21st Century An Era Of Peace And Compassion.

It Is Important To Understand That Counterproducti Ve Actions Of Body, Speech And Mind Do Not Arise Of Their Own Accord, But Spring Up In Dependence On Our Motivation. Faulty States Of Mind Give Rise To Faulty Actions. To Control Negative Physical And Verbal Actions, We Need To Tame Our Minds.

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Like The Lotus Which Thrives In Mud, The Potential For Realization Grows In The Rich Soil Of Everyday Life

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Yet Even The Rich Have Their Own Kind Of Suffering, Anxiety, Doubt, And Fear. So In Many Cases, Wealthy People Aren't Happy! And Once Those With Material Wealth Encounter Small Difficulties, Their Amount Of Mental Suffering Is Sometimes Bigger Than It Is For Those Who Have Faced Such Difficulties Every Day.

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The Way To Change Others' Minds Is With Affection, And Not Anger.

For A Person Who Cherishes Compassion And Love, The Practice Of Tolerance Is Essential, And For That, And Enemy Is Indispinsable. So We Should Be Grateful To Our Enemies, For It Is They Who Can Best Help Us To Develop A Tranquil Mind.

Love And Kindness Are The Very Basis Of Society. If We Lose These Feelings, Society Will Face Tremendous Difficulties; The Survival Of Humanity Will Be Endangered.

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

According To Buddhism, Individuals Are Masters Of Their Own Destiny. And All Living Beings Are Believed To Possess The Nature Of The Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, The Potential Or Seed Of Enlightenment, Within Them. So Our Future Is In Our Own Hands. What Greater Free Will Do We Need?

If There Is A Solution To A Problem, There Is No Need To Worry. And If There Is No Solution, There Is No Need To Worry.

What Is My Religion? Simple. Kindness.

I Believe All Religions Pursue The Same Goals, That Of Cultivating Human Goodness And Bringing Happiness To All Human Beings. Though The Means Might Appear Different The Ends Are The Same.

Because The Twentieth Century Was A Century Of Violence, Let Us Make The Twenty-first A Century Of Dialogue.

We Must Not Lose Our Trust In The Power Of Truth. Everything Is Always Changing In The World.

I Want To Be Just A Pure Spiritual Leader.

Overcoming Negative Tendencies And Enhancing Positive Potential Are The Very Essence Of The Spiritual Path.

We All Wish To Live A Happy Life. In Addition, We All Have The Same Right To Fulfil This Goal. And We All Have The Potential To Do So For The Simple Reason That Future Is Not Fixed, It Can Be Changed. Therefore, We Should Live In Hope That We Really Can Overcome Whatever Problems We Face.

If You Can Cultivate Wholesome Mental States Prior To Sleep And Allow Them To Continue Right Into Sleep Without Getting Distracted, Then Sleep Itself Becomes Wholesome.

Your Own Pain Is Involuntary; You Feel Overwhelmed And Have No Control. When Feeling The Pain Of Others, There Is An Element Of Discomfort, But There Also Is A Level Of Stability Because You Are Voluntarily Accepting Pain. It Gives You A Sense Of Confidence.

I Have Come To The Conclusion That Whether Or Not A Person Is A Religious Believer Does Not Matter. Far More Important Is That They Be A Good Human Being.

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.

Logically, Harmony Must Come From The Heart... Harmony Very Much Based On Trust. As Soon As Use Force, Creates Fear. Fear And Trust Cannot Go Together.

I Never Dreamt, In My Dream, I'm Dalai Lama.

If Someone Has A Gun And Is Trying To Kill You, It Would Be Reasonable To Shoot Back With Your Own Gun.

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.

There Is Nothing I Can't Live Without. I Learned This Attitude When I Was A Child.

There Is No Way To Escape Death, It Is Just Like Trying To Escape By Four Great Mountains Touching Sky. There Is No Escape From These Four Mountains Of Birth, Old Age, Sickness And Death.

The Female Biologically [has] More Potential To Show Affection And Compassion.

So Long As Space Remains, So Long Sentient Beings' Suffering Remain, I Will Remain, In Order To Help, In Order To Serve... I Am Nothing But A Servant To Provide To Others. So If You Provide Some Happiness, Some Comfort To Others, Then Your Life Becomes Meaningful. If Your Life Creates Problems Or Suffering To Others, Then There's No Meaning To Your Existence.

The More We Take The Welfare Of Others To Heart And Work For Their Benefit, The More Benefit We Derive For Ourselves. This Is A Fact That We Can See.

I Do Not Want To Carry Any Public Position.

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

World Religions

True Spirituality Is A Mental Attitude You Can Practice At Any Time.

If You Have A Great Deal Of Knowledge, But You're Governed By Negative Emotions, Then You Tend To Use Your Knowledge In Negative Ways. Therefore, While You Are Learning, Don't Forget The Importance Of Warmheartedness.

When You Encounter Some Problems, If You Point Your Finger At Yourself And Not At Others, This Gives You Control Over Yourself And Calmness In A Situation, Where Otherwise Self-control Becomes Problematic.

My Own Share Making Contribution [to The The Well-being Of Humanity]. So I Never Feel I Am Something Special.

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If You Have Peace Of Mind, When You Meet With Problems And Difficulties They Won’t Disturb Your Inner Peace. You’ll Be Able To Employ Your Human Intelligence More Effectively. But, If Your Mental State Is Disturbed, Full Of Emotion, It Is Very Difficult To Cope With Problems, Because The Mind That Is Full Of Emotion Is Biased, Unable To See Reality. So Whatever You Do Will Be Unrealistic And Naturally Fail.

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.

There Are A Number Of Qualities Which Are Important For Mental Peace, But From The Little Experience I Have, I Believe That One Of The Most Important Factors Is Human Compassion And Affection: A Sense Of Caring.

Perhaps Our Teachings Seem Less Religious And More Technical, Like Psychology, So They Are Easier For Secular People To Use.

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

The Planet Does Not Need More Successful People. The Planet Desperately Needs More Peacemakers, Healers, Restorers, Storytellers, And Lovers Of All Kinds.

When We Are Angry We Are Blind To Reality. Anger May Bring Us A Temporary Burst Of Energy, But That Energy Is Blind And It Blocks The Part Of Our Brain That Distinguishes Right From Wrong. To Deal With Our Problems, We Need To Be Practical And Realistic. If We Are To Be Realistic, We Need To Use Our Human Intelligence Properly, Which Means We Need A Calm Mind.

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

If The Situation Was Such That There Was Only One Learned Lama Or Genuine Practitioner Alive, A Person Whose Death Would Cause The Whole Of Tibet To Lose All Hope Of Keeping Its Buddhist Way Of Life, Then It Is Conceivable That In Order To Protect That One Person It Might Be Justified For One Or 10 Enemies To Be Eliminated If There Was No Other Way.

The Development Of A Kind Heart, Or Feeling Of Closeness For All Human Beings, Does Not Involve Any Of The Kind Of Religiosity We Normally Associate With It...it Is For Everyone, Irrespective Of Race, Religion Or Any Political Affiliation.

Peace And The Survival Of Life On Earth As We Know It Are Threatened By Human Activities Which Lack A Commitment To Humanitarian Values. Destruction Of Nature And Nature's Resources Result From Ignorance, Greed And Lack Of Respect For The Earth's Living Things.

As Far As Mental Development Is Concerned, We Should Never Be Complacent. We Can Develop Our Minds Infinitely - There Is No Limitation.

Sometimes, Whether A Desire Is Excessive Or Negative Depends On The Circumstances Or Society In Which You Live In.

To Defy The Authority Of Empirical Evidence Is To Disqualify Oneself As Someone Worthy Of Critical Engagement In A Dialogue.

Empirical Evidence

If I Say, "i Am A Monk." Or "i Am A Buddhist," These Are, In Comparison To My Nature As A Human Being, Temporary. To Be Human Is Basic.

The Quality Of Everything We Do: Our Physical Actions, Our Verbal Actions, And Even Our Mental Actions, Depends On Our Motivation. That's Why It's Important For Us To Examine Our Motivation In Our Day To Day Life. If We Cultivate Respect For Others And Our Motivation Is Sincere, If We Develop A Genuine Concern For Others’ Well-being, Then All Our Actions Will Be Positive.

Each Of Us Has The Potential To Contribute... You Have A Great Opportunity To Make A New Shape Of The World.

If We Have No Inner Peace, We Deceive Ourselves Into Thinking That Comfort And Prosperity Will Bring Happiness.

Unfortunate Events Though Potentially A Source Of Anger And Despair Have Equal Potential To Be A Source Of Spiritual Growth. Whether Or Not This Is The Outcome Depends On Your Response.

All Forms Of Violence, Especially War, Are Totally Unacceptable As Means To Settle Disputes Between And Among Nations, Groups And Persons.

The World Will Be Saved By The Western Woman.

It's Not Enough To Be Compassionate. You Must Act.

Once A Year Go Someplace You've Never Been.

Forgiveness Is The Most Effective Way Of Dealing With Arguments; Altruism And Forgiveness Bring Humanity Together So That No Conflict, However Serious, Will Go Beyond The Bounds Of What Is Truly Human.

We Can Make This A More Peaceful Century If We Cherish Non-violence And Concern For Others’ Well-being. It Is Possible. If The Individual Is Happier, His Or Her Family Is Happier; If Families Are Happy, Neighborhoods And Nations Will Be Happy. By Transforming Ourselves We Can Change Our Human Way Of Life And Make This A Century Of Compassion.

Concern For Others

Those Who Suffer From An Exaggerated Sense Of Their Own Ability And Accomplishment Are Continually Subject To Frustration, Disappointment, And Rage When Reality Intrudes And The World Doesn't Validate Their Idealized View Of Themselves.

The Laws Of Reasoning Consist Of The Ground, The Path, And The Result. ...suffering Is In The Mind. How We Perceive Happiness Determines Our Suffering Or Not.

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.

Happiness Is Determined More By One's State Of Mind Than By External Events.

A Truly Compassionate Attitude Toward Others Does Not Change Even If They Behave Negatively Or Hurt You.

The Ultimate Source Of A Happy Life Is Warm-heartedness. This Means Extending To Others The Kind Of Concern We Have For Ourselves. On A Simple Level We Find That If We Have A Compassionate Heart We Naturally Have More Friends. And Scientists Today Are Discovering That While Anger And Hatred Eat Into Our Immune System, Warm-heartedness And Compassion Are Good For Our Health.

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