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To The Extent That Our Experience Of Suffering Reminds Us Of What Everyone Else Also Endures, It Serves As A Powerful Inspiration To Practice Compassion And Avoid Causing Others Pain. And To The Extent That Suffering Awakens Our Empathy And Causes Us To Connect With Others, It Serves As The Basis Of Compassion And Love.

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To The Extent That Our Experience Of Suffering Reminds Us Of What Everyone Else Also Endures, It Serves As A Powerful Inspiration To Practice Compassion And Avoid Causing Others Pain. And To The Extent That Suffering Awakens Our Empathy And Causes Us To Connect With Others, It Serves As The Basis Of Compassion And Love.

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The Root Of Happiness Is Altruism - The Wish To Be Of Service To Others.

Service To Others

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We Can Benefit Others Through Our Actions By Being Warm And Generous Toward Them, By Being Charitable, And By Helping Those In Need.

If You Have Religious Faith, Very Good, You Can Add On Secular Ethics, Then Religious Belief, Add On It, Very Good. But Even Those People Who Have No Interest About Religion, Okay, It's Not Religion, But You Can Train Through Education.

Although You Can Find Certain Differences Among The Buddhist Philosophical Schools About How The Universe Came Into Being, The Basic Common Question Addressed Is How The Two Fundamental Principles-external Matter And Internal Mind Or Consciousness-although Distinct, Affect One Another. External Causes And Conditions Are Responsible For Certain Of Our Experiences Of Happiness And Suffering. Yet We Find That It Is Principally Our Own Feelings, Our Thoughts And Our Emotions, That Really Determine Whether We Are Going To Suffer Or Be Happy.

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

The Basic Condition Of Human Life Is Happiness.

From A Buddhist Point Of View, The Actual Experience Of Death Is Very Important. Although How Or Where We Will Be Reborn Is Generally Dependent On Karmic Forces, Our State Of Mind At The Time Of Death Can Influence The Quality Of Our Next Rebirth. So At The Moment Of Death, In Spite Of The Great Variety Of Karmas We Have Accumulated, If We Make A Special Effort To Generate A Virtuous State Of Mind, We May Strengthen And Activate A Virtuous Karma, And So Bring About A Happy Rebirth.

These Days, In Our Materialistic Culture, Many People Are Led To Believe That Money Is The Ultimate Source Of Happiness. Consequently, When They Don’t Have Enough Of It They Feel Let Down. Therefore, It Is Important To Let People Know That They Have The Source Of Contentment And Happiness Within Themselves, And That It Is Related To Nurturing Our Natural Inner Values.

From One Point Of View We Can Say That We Have Human Bodies And Are Practicing The Buddha's Teachings And Are Thus Much Better Than Insects. But We Can Also Say That Insects Are Innocent And Free From Guile, Where As We Often Lie And Misrepresent Ourselves In Devious Ways In Order To Achieve Our Ends Or Better Ourselves. From This Perspective, We Are Much Worse Than Insects.

My Earnest Request Is That You Practice Love And Kindness Whether You Believe In A Religion Or Not

Nothing Comes Into Being Without A Cause And When All The Conditions Are Created, There Is Nothing That Can Prevent The Consequence.

Don't Compare Me With Jesus. He Is A Great Master, A Great Master.

You Must Not Procrastinate. Rather, You Should Make Preparations So That Even If You Did Die Tonight, You Would Have No Regrets. If You Develop An Appreciation For The Uncertainty And Imminence Of Death, Your Sense Of The Importance Of Using Your Time Wisely Will Get Stronger And Stronger.

Procrastination

My Religion Is Kindness. A Good Mind, A Good Heart, Warm Feelings These Are The Most Important Things.

We Must Each Lead A Way Of Life With Self-awareness And Compassion, To Do As Much As We Can. Then, Whatever Happens We Will Have No Regrets.

Self Satisfaction Alone Cannot Determine If A Desire Or Action Is Positive Or Negative. The Demarcation Between A Positive And A Negative Desire Or Action Is Not Whether It Gives You A Immediate Feeling Of Satisfaction, But Whether It Ultimately Results In Positive Or Negative Consequences.

I Always Believe The Rule By King Or Official Leader Is Outdated. Now We Must Catch Up With The Modern World.

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.

Every Human Should Have The Idea Of Taking Care Of The Environment, Of Nature, Of Water. So Using Too Much Or Wasting Water Should Have Some Kind Of Feeling Or Sense Of Concern. Some Sort Of Responsibility And With That, A Sense Of Discipline.

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

Most Of Our Problems Are Related To The Mind, So We Have To Work To Reduce Our Destructive Emotions.

I Have Been Confronted With Many Difficulties Throughout The Course Of My Life, And My Country Is Going Through A Critical Period. But I Laugh Often, And My Laughter Is Contagious. When People Ask Me How I Find The Strength To Laugh Now, I Reply That I Am A Professional Laugher.

World Peace Must Develop From Inner Peace. Peace Is Not Just Mere Absence Of Violence. Peace Is, I Think, The Manifestation Of Human Compassion.

If We Can Refrain From Harming Others In Our Actions & Words, We Can Start To Give Serious Attention To Actively Doing Good.

It Is Important To Have Determination And Optimism And Patience. If You Lack Patience, Even When You Face Some Small Obstacle, You Lose Courage. There Is A Tibetan Saying, "even If You Have Failed At Something Nine Times, You Have Still Given It Effort Nine Times." I Think That's Important. Use Your Brain To Analyze The Situation. Do Not Rush Through It, But Think. Once You Decide What To Do About That Obstacle, Then There's A Possibility That You Will Achieve Your Goal.

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.

Those Who Have Little Interest In Spirituality Shouldn’t Think That Human Inner Values Don’t Apply To You. The Inner Peace Of An Alert And Calm Mind Are The Source Of Real Happiness And Good Health. Our Human Intelligence Tells Us Which Of Our Emotions Are Positive And Helpful And Which Are Damaging And To Be Restrained Or Avoided.

The Right Way To Deal With Mental Unhappiness Must Be Within The Mind Too. On An Emotional Level, Anger, Fear And Worry Bring Unhappiness. Scientists Say They Eat Into Our Immune System. On The Other Hand, We Are Also Equipped With A Sense Of Affection And Compassionate Concern For The Well-being Of Others.

It Is Important To Reflect On The Kindness Of Others. Every Aspect Of Our Present Well-being Is Due To Others' Hard Work. The Buildings We Live And Work In, The Roads We Travel, The Clothes We Wear, And The Food We Eat, Are All Provided By Others. None Of Them Would Exist But For The Kindness Of So Many People Unknown To Us.

I Think Governments Can't Do Much.

I Totally Disagree With The View That The Tibet Struggle Will Die, And There Will Be No Hope For Tibet, After The Dalai Lama Passes Away.

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.

Compassion, Tolerance, Forgiveness And A Sense Of Self-discipline Are Qualities That Help Us Lead Our Daily Lives With A Calm Mind

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

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

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