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There Are Many Different Kinds Of Power. True Power Comes From Serving And Helping Others. Such Behavior Makes People Respect You. They Are Willing To Listen To Your Views And Advice, And They Support You. The Energy Of Many People Is Thus Channeled Through One Person. This Kind Of Power Is Positive And Authentic.

-Dalai Lama

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There Are Many Different Kinds Of Power. True Power Comes From Serving And Helping Others. Such Behavior Makes People Respect You. They Are Willing To Listen To Your Views And Advice, And They Support You. The Energy Of Many People Is Thus Channeled Through One Person. This Kind Of Power Is Positive And Authentic.

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Meaning Of Life

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Like A Lamp, Dispelling The Darkness Of Ignorance

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Without The Human Community One Single Human Being Cannot Survive.

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I Am Like A Wounded Animal In A Remote Isolated Place - How Wonderful! - How Happy!

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It Is... Very Helpful To Think Of Adversity Not So Much As A Threat To Our Peace Of Mind But Rather As The Very Means By Which Patience Is Attained.

Just Give Food Without Showing Affection, [animals] Might Not Get Sort Of 100% Satisfaction. So They Also, You See, When We Human Beings, We Show Affection, The Poor Animal Also Respond To Us.

In Some Places, There's The Concept Of One Religion, One Truth. In The Muslim World, There's The Notion Of Allah. The Western, Multireligious Modern Society Is Some Kind Of A Challenge To This. These, I Feel, Are The Main Causes [for Terrorism], And, When Combined With Lots Of Anger And Frustration, Cause A Huge Amount Of Hate.

When We Speak Of A Calm State Of Mind Or Peace Of Mind, We Shouldn't Confuse That With An Insensitive State Of Apathy. Having A Calm Or Peaceful State Of Mind Doesn't Mean Being Spaced Out Or Completely Empty. Peace Of Mind Or A Calm State Of Mind Is Rooted In Affection And Compassion And Is Sensitive And Responsive To Others.

We Can Only Transform Humanity And Create A Happier More Compassionate World Through Education.

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.

Number Of People Have Said To Me, After Hearing Your Thinking, Their Mind Becomes Much More Happier.

The Roots Of All Goodness Lie In The Soil Of Appreciation For Goodness.

There Is...a Tendency To Think Of The Spiritual Life As Primarily Introspective, Divorced From The Concerns Of Everyday Life....faith That Does Not Translate Into Actions Is No Faith At All.

Someone Else's Action Should Not Determine Your Response.

What I Believe, According To My Own Experience, Is That A Calm, Peaceful Mind Is A Very Important Element For Sustaining The Body In A Balanced Way.

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

It Is Vital That When Educating Our Children's Brains That We Do Not Neglect To Educate Their Hearts.

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.

Soul Is At Home In The Deep, Shaded Valleys. Heavy Torpid Flowers Saturated With Black Grow There. The Rivers Flow Like Warm Syrup. They Empty Into Huge Oceans Of Soul.

We Cannot Hope To Die Peacefully If Our Lives Have Been Full Of Violence, Or If Our Minds Have Mostly Been Agitated By Emotions Like Anger, Attachment, Or Fear. So If We Wish To Die Well, We Must Learn How To Live Well: Hoping For A Peaceful Death, We Must Cultivate Peace In Our Mind, And In Our Way Of Life.

Individuality Is Very Important For A Full Human Life.

Reincarnation Is Not An Exclusively Hindu Or Buddhist Concept, But It Is Part Of The History Of Human Origin. It Is Proof Of The Mindstream's Capacity To Retain Knowledge Of Physical And Mental Activities. It Is Related To The Theory Of Interdependent Origination And To The Law Of Cause And Effect.

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