Background Image

...

The Simple Recognition That Everyone Else Wants To Be Happy And Not To Suffer, Just As I Do, Serves As A Constant Reminder Against Selfishness And Partiality. It Reminds Us There Is Little To Be Gained From Being Kind And Generous While Hoping To Win Something In Return. Actions Motivated By A Desire To Earn A Good Name For Ourselves Are Still Selfish, Even If They Appear To Be Acts Of Kindness.

-Dalai Lama

...

Please Wait....
Translating....

The Simple Recognition That

Dalai Lama

...

The Simple Recognition That Everyone Else Wants To Be Happy And Not To Suffer, Just As I Do, Serves As A Constant Reminder Against Selfishness And Partiality. It Reminds Us There Is Little To Be Gained From Being Kind And Generous While Hoping To Win Something In Return. Actions Motivated By A Desire To Earn A Good Name For Ourselves Are Still Selfish, Even If They Appear To Be Acts Of Kindness.

Views: 7

Topic

More From Dalai Lama

Treat Each Person As You Would An Old Friend.

I Think Technology Really Increased Human Ability, But Technology Cannot Produce Compassion.

When We Feel Love And Kindness Toward Others, It Not Only Makes Others Feel Loved And Cared For, But It Helps Us Also To Develop Inner Happiness And Peace.

The Only "definitive Truth" For Buddhism Is The Absolute Negation Of Any One Truth As The Definitive Truth.

By Setting Our Motivation Strongly In The Morning When Our Mind Is Fresh And Clear, We Are Much More Likely To Remember It During The Day And Act With That Intention

The Ultimate Source Of My Mental Happiness Is My Peace Of Mind. Nothing Can Destroy This Except My Own Anger.

Many Tibetans Sacrifice Their Lives.

There Is A True Feminist Movement In Buddhism That Relates To The Goddess Tārā. Following Her Cultivation Of Bodhicitta, The Bodhisattva's Motivation, She Looked Upon The Situation Of Those Striving Towards Full Awakening And She Felt That There Were Too Few People Who Attained Buddhahood As Women. So She Vowed, 'i Have Developed Bodhicitta As A Woman. For All My Lifetimes Along The Path I Vow To Be Born As A Woman, And In My Final Lifetime When I Attain Buddhahood, Then, Too, I Will Be A Woman.'

I Have Been Clear In My Position For Quite A While, But The Chinese Have Not Responded. Therefore, We Are Now In The Process Of Holding A Referendum On Our Policy Among All The Tibetan Community In Exile And Even Inside Tibet, To Check Whether The Majority Thinks We Are On The Right Track.

Whether Someone Believes Something Or Not, Believer Or Non-believer, As Long As You Are A Member Of The Human Family, You Need Warm Human Feeling, Warmhearted Feeling.

Happiness Is The Highest Form Of Health.

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.

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.

If You Concern Yourself Mainly With Others, The Broader Your Thinking Becomes, And Life’s Inevitable Difficulties Disturb You Less.

The Universe Is A Single Atom: The Convergence Of Science And Spirituality.

Science Religion

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.

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.

My Main Interest Is In The Promotion Of Human Values. From Birth We Have A Sense Of Affection And Some Sense Of Concern For Others. We Need To Nurture It. Scientists Have Found That To Ensure Even Physical Health Peace Of Mind Is Essential. People Often Think That Love And Compassion Are Only Matters Of Religious Concern, But In Fact Such Values Are Necessary In All Human Relations

Compassion Automatically Brings Happiness And Calmness. Then, Even If You Receive Disturbing News, It Will Be Easier To Take, As Your Mind Is Still.

Reason Well From The Beginning And Then There Will Never Be Any Need To Look Back With Confusion And Doubt.

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.

You're Happy When You Help Others Become Happy.

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.

I Always Have The Feeling That I'm Just Another Human Being.

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

Altruism Is The Best Source Of Happiness. There Is No Doubt About That.

When We Face Problems With Compassion, Sincerity, And Good Motivation, Our Solutions May Take Longer, But Ultimately They Are Better.

The Whole Purpose Of Religion Is To Facilitate Love And Compassion, Patience, Tolerance, Humility, And Forgiveness.

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

There Are Differences Between Us. But It Doesn't Make Sense To Emphasize That, Because My Future And Yours Is Connected With Everyone Else's. So We Have To Take Seriously Our Concern For All Of Humanity. When We Focus On Our Individuality, Humanity Inevitably Suffers. And Once Humanity Suffers, Each One Of Us Will Also Suffer.

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

If The Work Is Worthwhile, Then Whether We Can Complete It Or Not, It's Worth Making The Attempt. That's Why Courage Is Important.

According To Accounts Of The Buddha's Life, It Would Seem That He Had A Very Deep Relationship With Nature. He Was Not Born In The Royal Palace But In A Park, Under A Sala Tree. He Attained Complete Enlightenment Under The Bodhi Tree And Left This Earth To Enter Parinirvana, Again, Between Three Sala Trees. It Would Seem That The Buddha Was Very Fond Of Trees.

We All Have To Live Together, So We Might As Well Live Together Happily.

You Cant Help Someone Just By Making A Wish To Do So, You Have To Take Action.

My Main Hope Is Eventually, In Modern Education Field, Introduce Education About Warm-heartedness, Not Based On Religion, But Based On Common Experience And A Common Sort Of Sense, And Then Scientific Finding.

Common Experience

I Really Do Not Want To Carry Some Kind Of Party Function.

One Great Question Underlies Our Experience, Whether We Think About It Or Not: What Is The Purpose Of Life? From The Moment Of Birth Every Human Being Wants Happiness And Does Not Want Suffering. Neither Social Conditioning Nor Education Nor Ideology Affects This. >from The Very Core Of Our Being, We Simply Desire Contentment. Therefore, It Is Important To Discover What Will Bring About The Greatest Degree Of Happiness.

Internal Peace Is An Essential First Step To Achieving Peace In The World. How Do You Cultivate It? It's Very Simple. In The First Place By Realizing Clearly That All Mankind Is One, That Human Beings In Every Country Are Members Of One And The Same Family.

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 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.

As Far As Your Personal Requirements Are Concerned, The Ideal Is To Have Fewer Involvements, Fewer Obligations, And Fewer Affairs, Business Or Whatever. However, So Far As The Interest Of The Larger Community Is Concerned, You Must Have As Many Involvements As Possible And As Many Activities As Possible.

It Is Very Wrong For People To Feel Deeply Sad When They Lose Some Money, Yet When They Waste The Precious Moments Of Their Lives They Do Not Have The Slightest Feeling Of Repentance.

This Generation Has A Responsibility To Reshape The World. Start The Task Even If It Will Not Be Fulfilled In Your Lifetime. Even If It Seems Hopeless Now, Never Give Up. Offer A Positive Vision, With Enthusiasm And Joy, And An Optimistic Outlook.

All Major Religious Traditions Carry Basically The Same Message, That Is Love, Compassion And Forgiveness The Important Thing Is They Should Be Part Of Our Daily Lives.

Whatever The Intellectual Quality Of The Education Given Our Children, It Is Vital That It Include Elements Of Love And Compassion, For Nothing Guarantees That Knowledge Alone Will Be Truly Useful To Human Beings.

Guarantees That

It Is Important That When Pursing Our Own Self-interest We Should Be 'wise Selfish' And Not 'foolish Selfish'. Being Foolish Selfish Means Pursuing Our Own Interests In A Narrow, Shortsighted Way. Being Wise Selfish Means Taking A Broader View And Recognizing That Our Own Long-term Individual Interest Lies In The Welfare Of Everyone. Being Wise Selfish Means Being Compassionate.

Compassion, Along With Love, Is The Face Of Altruism.

The Peace Of Mind, Is Very Essential For Our Health. So In That Level, I Think Scientific Finding, Immense Benefit To Get Our Wellness And Eventually Conviction, Peace Of Mind Is Not Just A Luxurious Item, But Peace Of Mind Is Actually Very Important For Our Survival, For Our Healthy Survival.

We Are Social Animals. Others' Suffering Is Ultimately Your Suffering; Their Happiness Is Ultimately Your Happiness.

Our Enemies Provide Us With A Precious Opportunity To Practice Patience And Love. We Should Have Gratitude Toward Them.

If You Wonder What You Were Doing In The Past, Look At Your Body; To Know What Will Happen To You In The Future, Look At Your Mind.

If You Are Showing Love To Your Fellow Human Beings, You Are Showing Love To Your God.

I Believe That The Destructive Nature Of Society That Now Threatens The Existence Of The Entire Human World Has Much To Do With Human Intelligence. The Way To Overcome All Human Suffering-that Also Is Through Human Intelligence.

Many People Think That Patience Is A Sign Of Weakness. I Think This Is A Mistake. It Is Anger That Is A Sign Of Weakness, Whereas Patience Is A Sign Of Strength

The Antidote To Hatred In The Heart, The Source Of Violence, Is Tolerance. Tolerance Is An Important Virtue Of Bodhisattvas [enlightened Heroes And Heroines] - It Enables You To Refrain From Reacting Angrily To The Harm Inflicted On You By Others. You Could Call This Practice "inner Disarmament," In That A Well-developed Tolerance Makes You Free From The Compulsion To Counterattack. For The Same Reason, We Also Call Tolerance The "best Armor," Since It Protects You From Being Conquered By Hatred Itself.

If We Lose Our Hope, That's Our Real Disaster!

Painful Experiences

My Aim Is To Create A Happy Society With Genuine Friendship. Friendship Between Tibetan And Chinese Peoples Is Very Essential.

Genuine Friends

I Do Not Judge The Universe.

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

Death Means Change Our Clothes. Clothes Become Old, Then Time To Come Change. So This Body Become Old, And Then Time Come, Take Young Body.

A Thousand Candles Can Be Lit From One Candle, However The Life Of The Original Candle Is Not Shortened In The Least.

The Enemy Is A Very Good Teacher.

All I Can Do Is Engage With Complete Sincerity. Then Whatever Happens, There Is No Regret.

All Living Beings Have Experience Of Pleasure And Pain, And We Are Among Them. What Makes Human Beings Different Is That We Have A Powerful Intelligence And A Much Greater Ability To Achieve Happiness And Avoid Suffering. Real Happiness And Friendship Come Not From Money Or Even Knowledge, But From Warm-heartednes S. Once We Recognize This We Will Be More Inclined To Cultivate It.

Be A Good Human Being, A Warmhearted, Affectionate Person. That Is My Fundamental Belief.

We Have A Natural Creative Ability And It Is Very Important To Realize This.

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.

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 Three Types Of Misery Are The Misery Of Suffering, The Misery Of Change, And Pervasive Misery.

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.

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.

My Hope And Wish Is That One Day, Formal Education Will Pay Attention To What I Call 'education Of The Heart'.

Unfortunately, Love And Compassion Have Been Omitted From Too Many Spheres Of Social Interaction For Too Long. Usually Confined To Family And Home, Their Practice In Public Life Is Considered Impractical, Even Naive. This Is Tragic.

When You Hate Someone Intensely, 80% Of What You Think Is Delusion.

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.

If We Want Spiritual Development, The Practice Of Patience Is Essential.

I Consider Others As Just Brothers And Sisters. Nothing Barrier.

Brothers And Sisters

Love Is Wanting Others To Be Happy.

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

What Is Important Is To See How We Can Best Lead A Meaningful Everyday Life, How We Can Bring About Peace And Harmony In Our Minds, How We Can Help Contribute To Society.

Distrust Brings Frustration And Fear. So Therefore, The Lonely Feeling Automatically Come. So, Lonely Feeling Is Not Creation Of Environment, But Creation Of Your Own Mental Attitude.

Appearance Is Something Absolute, But Reality Is Not That Way - Everything Is Interdependent, Not Absolute.

If I Am Only Happy For Myself, Many Fewer Chances For Happiness. If I Am Happy When Good Things Happen To Other People, Billions More Chances To Be Happy!

It Is Under The Greatest Adversity That There Exists The Greatest Potential For Doing Good, Both For Oneself And Others.

Anything That Contradicts Experience And Logic Should Be Abandoned.

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

Self Confidence

Happiness In Simplicity Can Be Achieved With A Flexible Mindset And Nine Hours Sleep Each Night.

When We Are Motivated By Compassion And Wisdom, The Results Of Our Actions Benefit Everyone, Not Just Our Individual Selves Or Some Immediate Convenience. When We Are Able To Recognize And Forgive Ignorant Actions Of The Past, We Gain Strength To Constructively Solve The Problems Of The Present.

I Have Found A Much Greater Appreciation Of Buddhism Because I Couldn't Take It For Granted Here In Exile.

The Cultivation Of Compassion Is No Longer A Luxury, But A Necessity, If Our Species Is To Survive.

Most Real Change Is Slow. Happiness And Joy Are The Purpose Of Life. If We Know That The Future Will Be Very Dark Or Painful, Then We Lose Our Determination To Live. Therefore, Life Is Something Based On Hope.

Children Are Our Greatest Untapped Resource.

Many Of The Earth's Habitats, Animals, Plants, Insects And Even Micro-organisms That We Know To Be Rare May Not Be Known At All By Future Generations. We Have The Capability And The Responsibility To Act; We Must Do So Before It Is Too Late.

Since We Became Buddhist, We Have Lived In Peace With Them. We Did Not Invade Them. We Did Not Want Them To Invade Us. We Have Never Declared War On China.

I Myself Feel, And Also Tell Other Buddhists That The Question Of Nirvana Will Come Later. There Is Not Much Hurry. If In Day To Day Life You Lead A Good Life, Honesty, With Love, With Compassion, With Less Selfishness, Then Automatically It Will Lead To Nirvana.

If Others Are Happy, We Will Be Happy. If Others Suffer, Ultimately We All Suffer.

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.

A Lack Of Transparency Results In Distrust And A Deep Sense Of Insecurity.

I Met An American Lady Many Years Ago, Much Distant. Then I Told Her About My Own Difficult Experiences And I Showed Some Genuine Concern. She Responded, "why Are You So Concerned About Me?" We Need More Patience. At A Fundamental Level, We Are The Same Human Brothers And Sisters. Then Forget It. The Human Mind Is Very Strange. Like That.

Genuine Concern

The Person Who Received Maximum Affection From Mother, That Person Also Sort Of Cultivated The Potential Showing Affection To Others.

Remember That The Best Relationship Is One In Which Your Love For Each Other Exceeds Your Need For Each Other.

If We Looked Down At The World From Space, We Would Not See Any Demarcations Of National Boundaries. We Would Simply See One Small Planet, Just One.

For Tibetans, The Real Strength Of Our Struggle Is Truth - Not Size, Money, Or Expertise.

Human Potential Is The Same For All. If You Have Will Power, Then You Can Change Anything.

Human Potential

In Order To Be Happy We Must First Possess Inner Contentment; And Inner Contentment Doesn't Come From Having All We Want; But Rather From Wanting And Appreciating Being Grateful For All We Have.

At A Fundamental Level, As Human Beings, We Are All The Same; Each One Of Us Aspires To Happiness And Each One Of Us Does Not Wish To Suffer. This Is Why, Whenever I Have The Opportunity, I Try To Draw People's Attention To What As Members Of The Human Family We Have In Common And The Deeply Interconnected Nature Of Our Existence And Welfare.

When Reason Ends, Then Anger Begins. Therefore, Anger Is A Sign Of Weakness.

It Is A Question Of Our Own Peace And Mental Stability.

Mental Stability

Always Engage Yourself Positively With Situations.

The Realization That We Are All Basically The Same Human Beings Who Seek Happiness And Try To Avoid Suffering Is Very Helpful In Developing A Sense Of Brotherhood And Sisterhood; A Warm Feeling Of Love And Compassion For Others.

I Learn As Much From A Turtle As From A Religious Text.

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.

Not To Identify Oneself With Something, Or To Associate Things With The 'me,' And To See That The Idea That There Is A 'me,' Which Is Distinct From Things, Is A Delusion.

We Can't Be Useful To Ourselves Unless We're Useful To Others .... Anyone Concerned Only By His Own Well-being Will Suffer Eventually. Anyone Concerned With The Well-being Of Others Takes Care Of Himself Without Even Thinking About It. Even If We Decide To Remain Selfish. Let Us Be Intelligently Selfish - Let Us Help Others.

...there Is An Intense Delight In Abandoning Faulty States Of Mind And In Cultivating Helpful Ones In Meditation.

In Order To Become Prosperous, A Person Must Initially Work Very Hard, So He Or She Has To Sacrifice A Lot Of Leisure Time.

I Describe Myself As A Simple Buddhist Monk. No More, No Less.

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.

If One's Cause Is Supported By Sound Reasoning, There Is No Point In Using Violence. It Is Those Who Have No Motive Other Than Selfish Desire And Who Cannot Achieve Their Goal Through Logical Reasoning Who Rely On Force.

Logical Reasoning

Foolish, Selfish People Are Always Thinking Of Themselves And The Result Is Always Negative. Wise Persons Think Of Others, Helping Them As Much As They Can, And The Result Is Happiness. Love And Compassion Are Beneficial Both For You And Others. Through Your Kindness To Others, Your Mind And Heart Will Open To Peace.

We Humans Have Existed In Our Present Form For About A Hundred Thousand Years. I Believe That If During This Time The Human Mind Had Been Primarily Controlled By Anger And Hatred, Our Overall Population Would Have Decreased. But Today, Despite All Our Wars, We Find That The Human Population Is Greater Than Ever. This Clearly Indicates To Me That Love And Compassion Predominate In The World. And This Is Why Unpleasant Events Are "news"; Compassionate Activities Are So Much A Part Of Daily Life That They Are Taken For Granted And , Therefore, Largely Ignored.

Anger, Jealousy, Impatience, And Hatred Are The Real Troublemakers, With Them Problems Cannot Be Solved.

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.

The Way To Develop Inner Peace Through Meditation Begins With The Recognition That The Destroyer Of Inner Peace Is Not Some External Foe, But Is Within Us. Therefore, The Solution Is Within Us Too. However, That Inner Change Does Not Take Place Immediately In The Way That We Switch On A Light, But Takes Weeks, Months And Years.

If You Become More Concerned For The Welfare Of Others, You Will Experience A Sense Of Calm, Inner-strength, And Self Confidence.

Self Confidence

It Is Felt That A Disciplined Mind Leads To Happiness And An Undisciplined Mind Leads To Suffering, And In Fact It Is Said That Bringing About Discipline Within One's Mind Is The Essence Of The Buddha's Teaching.

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

It Is Our Custom To Say That Someone Is 'lucky' Or 'unlucky' If They Meet With Fortunate Or Unfortunate Circumstances, Respectively. It Is, However, Too Simplistic To Think In Terms Of Random 'luck.' Even From A Scientific Point Of View, This Is Not A Sufficient Explanation.

Unlike Physical Progress, Which Is Subject To Natural Restrictions, The Qualities Of The Mind Can Be Developed Limitlessly.

We Know That To Wage A Nuclear War Today, For Example, Would Be A Form Of Suicide; Or That To Pollute The Air Or The Oceans In Order To Achieve Some Short-term Benefit Would Be To Destroy The Very Basis For Our Survival.

A Compassionate Attitude Helps You Communicate More Easily With Your Fellow Human Beings. As A Result, You Make More Genuine Friends And The Atmosphere Around You Is More Positive, Which Gives You Greater Inner Strength. This Inner Strength Helps You Spontaneously Concern Yourself With Others, Instead Of Thinking Only About Yourself.

Genuine Friends

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

People Often Expect The Other Person To Respond First In A Positive Way, Instead Of Taking The Initiative To Create That Possibility. I Feel That's Wrong; It Can Act As A Barrier That Just Promotes A Feeling Of Isolation From Others. To Overcome Feelings Of Isolation And Loneliness, Your Underlying Attitude Makes A Tremendous Difference - Approaching Others With The Thought Of Compassion In Your Mind Is The Best Way.

If You Are Mindful Of Death, It Will Not Come As A Surprise-you Will Not Be Anxious. You Will Feel That Death Is Merely Like Changing Clothes. Consequently, At That Point You Will Be Able To Maintain Your Calmness Of Mind.

Under No Circumstances Should You Lose Hope.

Everything Is Interconnected. My Interest Is Linked To Everyone Else's. Our Survival And Future Are Linked. Therefore The Destruction Of Your So-called Enemy Is Actually The Destruction Of Your Self.

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.

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

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

Food For The Soul

My Religion Is Very Simple. My Religion Is Kindness.

Awareness Of Death Is The Very Bedrock Of The Entire Path. Until You Have Developed This Awareness, All Other Practices Are Obstructed.

The Immediate Source Of A Mind... Must Be A Mind Which Existed Before The Conception Took Place; The Mind Must Have A Continuity From A Previous Mind. This We Hold To Prove The Existence Of A Past Life.

We Need A Sense Of The Oneness Of The 7 Billion Human Beings Alive Today. When I Meet People, I Don't Think About Being Different From Them, About Being Tibetan, Buddhist Or Even The Dalai Lama. I Only Think About Being A Human Being. We All Share The Potential For Positive And Negative Emotions, Yet One Of Our Special Qualities Is Our Human Mind, Our Intelligence. If We Use It Well We'll Be Successful And Happy.

A Sense Of Concern For Others Gives Our Lives Meaning; It Is The Root Of All Human Happiness

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.

The Jealousy That Arises From Another's Achievement Is Overcome By Developing An Awareness Of And Admiration For One's Own And Other's Achievement.

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.

Depression Seems To Be Related To Fear, Anger And Frustration. When You're In A Bad Mood, Even If You Meet With Your Friends, You Don't Take Pleasure In Their Company. But When You're In A Good Mood, Even If Things Go Wrong, You Can Cope With Them Without Difficulty. This Is Why Putting Yourself In A Good Mood, Making A Point Of Developing A Sense Of Loving Kindness Gives You Greater Inner Strength.

Our Every Action Has A Universal Dimension, A Potential Impact On Others' Happiness.

Others Happiness

All Beings Come From A Mother's Womb. We Should Have A Clear Realization Of The Oneness Of All Humanity.

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

If We Develop Concern For Other People's Welfare, Share Other People's Suffering, And Help Them, Ultimately We Will Benefit. If We Think Only Of Ourselves And Forget About Others, Ultimately We Will Lose. The More We Care For The Happiness Of Others, The Greater Our Own Sense Of Well-being Becomes.

Concern For Others

In Daily Practice, Reflect On The Benefits Of Love, Compassion And Kindness, Then Reflect On The Disadvantages Of Anger. Such Continuous Contemplation, The Growing Appreciation Of Love, Has The Effect Of Reducing Our Inclination Towards Hatred And Increasing Our Respect For Love. By This Means Even Anger Can Be Diminished.

Inspirational Love

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

If You Want Change, Create The Causes.

When We Have Inner Peace, We Can Be At Peace With Those Around Us. When Our Community Is In A State Of Peace, It Can Share That Peace With Neighboring Communities.

Developing Concern For Others, Thinking Of Them As Part Of Us, Brings Self-confidence , Reduces Our Sense Of Suspicion And Mistrust, And Enables Us To Develop A Calm Mind.

Self Confidence

Physically You Are A Human Being, But Mentally You Are Incomplete. Given That We Have This Physical Human Form, We Must Safeguard Our Mental Capacity For Judgment. For That, We Cannot Take Out Insurance; The Insurance Company Is Within: Self-discipline, Self-awareness, And A Clear Realization Of The Disadvantages Of Anger And The Positive Effects Of Kindness.

Prayer Alone Will Not Make A Happy Life. A Happy Life Must Be Built. You Must Act.

I Often Tease Young People About Their Concern For How They Look; More Important Is Inner Beauty - Compassion, Affection And Respect.

The Various Features And Aspects Of Human Life, Such As Longevity, Good Health, Success, Happiness, And So Forth, Which We Consider Desirable, Are All Dependent On Kindness And A Good Heart.

When A Person Is In A Miserable Situation, Then, Yes, It Is Difficult To Develop Genuine Compassion Toward Others. That's Why I Find It Difficult To Say To Poor People, "please Have Compassion Toward Millionaires." That's Not Easy.

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

All Beings Want To Live In Peace And Happiness, Undisturbed. Therefore The Concept Of Human Rights Is Universal.

Peace And Happiness

Computers Make Me Totally Blank Out.

To Me There Is No Difference Whether President, Beggar, Or King.

The Real Test Of Compassion Is Not What We Say In Abstract Discussions But How We Conduct Ourselves In Daily Life.

You Have To Start Giving First And Expect Absolutely Nothing.

Absolutely Nothing

If Your Mind Is Scattered, It Is Quite Powerless.

Everybody Wants A Happy Life And A Peaceful Mind, But We Have To Produce Peace Of Mind Through Our Own Practice.

It Is My Fundamental Conviction That Compassion - The Natural Capacity Of The Human Heart To Feel Concern For And Connection With Another Human Being - Constitutes A Basic Aspect Of Our Nature Shared By All Human Beings, As Well As Being The Foundation Of Our Happiness. All Ethical Teachings, Whether Religious Or Nonreligious, Aim To Nurture This Innate And Precious Quality, To Develop It And To Perfect It.

Love Is The Absence Of Judgment.

To Seek Solitude Like A Wild Animal. That Is My Only Ambition.

The Mind Must Be Developed By You Alone. There Is No Way For Others To Do The Work And For You To Reap The Results. Reading Someone Else's Blueprint Of Mental Progress Will Not Transfer Its Realizations To You. You Have To Develop Them Yourself.

I Don't Think Human Affection And Compassion Are Just Religious Concerns; They're Indispensable Factors In Our Day-to-day Lives.

I Always Emphasize That It Is Much Safer And Better To Keep One's Own Religious Faith. The Other Major Religions Are Thousands Of Years Old And Have Long Traditions.

Humanity Happy, I Get Benefit. Humanity In State Of Trouble, Or Violence, I Cannot Escape From That.

I Have Found That The Greatest Degree Of Inner Tranquility Comes From The Development Of Love And Compassion. The More We Care For The Happiness Of Others, The Greater Is Our Own Sense Of Well-being. Cultivating A Close, Warmhearted Feeling For Others Automatically Puts The Mind At Ease. It Is The Ultimate Source Of Success In Life.

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.

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

Peace In The World Depends On Peace In The Hearts Of Individuals; This Depends On Each Of Us Practising Ethics By Disciplining Our Negative Thoughts And Emotions, And Developing Basic Spiritual Qualities.

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

Compassion Is Something We Can Count On. Even If We Face Economic Problems And Our Fortunes Decline, We Can Still Share Our Compassion With Our Fellow Human Beings. National And Global Economies Are Subject To Many Ups And Downs, But Through Them All We Can Retain A Compassionate Attitude That Will Carry Us Through.

I Am A Firm Believer In The Importance Of Democracy, Not Only As The Ultimate Goal, But Also As An Essential Part Of The Process.

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

Silence Is Sometimes The Best Answer

If You Have Fear Of Some Pain Or Suffering, You Should Examine Whether There Is Anything You Can Do About It. If You Can, There Is No Need To Worry About It; If You Cannot Do Anything, Then There Is Also No Need To Worry.

The More Contact We Have With One Another And The More We Come To Understand Each Other's Values, The Greater Will Be Our Mutual Respect.

We Are Driven By Self-interest, It’s Necessary To Survive. But We Need Wise Self-interest That Is Generous And Co-operative, Taking Others’ Interests Into Account. Co-operation Comes From Friendship, Friendship Comes From Trust, And Trust Comes From Kind-heartedness. Once You Have A Genuine Sense Of Concern For Others, There’s No Room For Cheating, Bullying Or Exploitation.

Love And Compassion Benefit Both Ourselves And Others. Through Kindness To Others, Your Heart And Mind Will Be Peaceful And Open.

I Just Want To Live As A Simple Buddhist Monk, But During The Last Thirty Years I Have Made Many Friends Around The World And I Want To Have Close Contact With These People. I Want To Contribute To Harmony And Peace Of Mind, For Less Conflict. Wherever The Possibililty Is, I'm Ready. This Is My Life's Goal.

The Simple Recognition That Everyone Else Wants To Be Happy And Not To Suffer, Just As I Do, Serves As A Constant Reminder Against Selfishness And Partiality. It Reminds Us There Is Little To Be Gained From Being Kind And Generous While Hoping To Win Something In Return. Actions Motivated By A Desire To Earn A Good Name For Ourselves Are Still Selfish, Even If They Appear To Be Acts Of Kindness.

Don't Become A Buddhist. The World Doesn't Need Buddhist. Do Practice Compassion. The World Needs More Compassion.

I Can Do What My Energy, My Time, To My Other Sort Of Commitment. And Then Also Emotional, Religious Harmony. So In These Two Field, Now That More Or Less I Think The Spirituality Or Human Values In These Fields, I May Consider My Only Professional Field. The Political, National Struggle, These Are Not My Profession.

In Buddhism, Both Learning And Practice Are Extremely Important, And They Must Go Hand In Hand. Without Knowledge, Just To Rely On Faith, Faith, And More Faith Is Good But Not Sufficient. So The Intellectual Part Must Definitely Be Present. At The Same Time, Strictly Intellectual Development Without Faith And Practice, Is Also Of No Use. It Is Necessary To Combine Knowledge Born From Study With Sincere Practice In Our Daily Lives. These Two Must Go Together.

When Selflessness Is Seen In Objects, The Seed Of Cyclic Existence Is Destroyed.

Real Change In Society Must Start From Individual Initiative.

Spiritually, Yes, Now Many People Knows Tibetans In Spiritual Field Are Very, Very Advanced But In Material Field Is Very, Very Backward.

No One Can Afford To Assume That Someone Else Will Solve Their Problems.

Trending Author

Stephen Hawking

Nathan Meyer Rothschild

Category