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Values Are Related To Our Emotions, Just As We Practice Physical Hygiene To Preserve Our Physical Health, We Need To Observe Emotional Hygiene To Preserve A Healthy Mind And Attitudes.

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Values Are Related To Our Emotions, Just As We Practice Physical Hygiene To Preserve Our Physical Health, We Need To Observe Emotional Hygiene To Preserve A Healthy Mind And Attitudes.

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Collecting Things

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Treat Each Person As You Would An Old Friend.

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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.

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We Cannot Overcome Anger And Hatred Simply By Suppressing Them. We Need To Actively Cultivate The Antidotes: Patience And Tolerance.

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Happiness Mainly Comes From Our Own Attitude, Rather Than From External Factors.

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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.

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Working Together

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I Call Myself A Feminist. Isn't That What You Call Someone Who Fights For Women's Rights?

The Key Point Is Kindness. With Kindness One Will Have Inner Peace. Through Inner Peace, World Peace Can One Day Be A Reality.

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The Enemy Is The Necessary Condition For Practicing Patience.

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Some People Automatically Associate Morality And Altruism With A Religious Vision Of The World. But I Believe It Is A Mistake To Think That Morality Is An Attribute Only Of Religion. We Can Imagine Two Types Of Spirituality: One Tied To Religion, While The Other Arises Spontaneously In The Human Heart As An Expression Of Love For Our Neighbors And A Desire To Do Them Good.

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Until You Have The Inner Discipline That Brings Calmness Of Mind, External Facilities And Conditions Will Never Bring The Joy And Happiness You Seek. On The Other Hand, If You Possess This Inner Quality, Calmness Of Mind, A Degree Of Stability Within, Even If You Lack The Various External Factors That You Would Normally Require To Be Happy, It Will Still Be Possible To Live A Happy And Joyful Life.

Like Anyone Else, I Too Have The Potential For Violence; I Too Have Anger In Me. However, I Try To Recall That Anger Is A Destructive Emotion. I Remind Myself That Scientists Now Say That Anger Is Bad For Our Health; It Eats Into Our Immune System. So, Anger Destroys Our Peace Of Mind And Our Physical Health. We Shouldn’t Welcome It Or Think Of It As Natural Or As A Friend.

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Dinner With Friends

Like A Lamp, Dispelling The Darkness Of Ignorance

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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.

Today Is The Right Day To Love, Believe, Do, And Mostly, Live.

My Message Is The Practice Of Compassion, Love And Kindness.

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Sometimes We Feel That One Individual's Action Is Very Insignificant. Then We Think, Of Course, That Effects Should Come From Channeling Or From A Unifying Movement. But The Movement Of The Society, Community Or Group Of People Means Joining Individuals. Society Means A Collection Of Individuals, So That Initiative Must Come From Individuals. Unless Each Individual Develops A Sense Of Responsibility, The Whole Community Cannot Move. So Therefore, It Is Very Essential That We Should Not Feel That Individual Effort Is Meaningless- You Should Not Feel That Way. We Should Make An Effort.

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Other Human Beings Have A Right To Peace And Happiness That Is Equal To Our Own; Therefore We Have A Responsibility To Help Those In Need.

Each One Of Us Is Responsible For The Whole Of Humankind. We Need To Think Of Each Other Really As Brothers And Sisters And To Be Concerned For Each Other’s Welfare. Rather Than Working Solely To Acquire Wealth, We Need To Do Something Meaningful, Something Directed Seriously Towards The Welfare Of Humanity As A Whole.

Warm-heartedne Ss And Concern For Others’ Well-being Are A Condition For Happiness, Whether You Are Religious Or Not.

Concern For Others

The Practice Of Love Can Be Expressed In One Sentence: 'do Not Harm Others.'

Even When A Person Has All Of Life's Comforts - Good Food, Good Shelter, A Companion - He Or She Can Still Become Unhappy When Encountering A Tragic Situation.

Just As Ripples Spread Out When A Single Pebble Is Dropped Into Water, The Actions Of Individuals Can Have Far-reaching Effects.

The Essence Of All Religions Is Love, Compassion, And Tolerance. Kindness Is My True Religion. The Clear Proof Of A Person's Love Of God Is If That Person Genuinely Shows Love To Fellow Human Beings.

We Need To Understand How Destructive Emotions Affect Us And Constructive Emotions Can Help Us, So That We Can Maintain Our Peace Of Mind.

We Must Recognize That The Suffering Of One Person Or One Nation Is The Suffering Of Humanity.

Let Us Try To Recognize The Precious Nature Of Each Day.

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

Learning Is The First Step In Making Positive Changes Within Yourself. Other Factors Are Conviction, Determination, Action & Effort. Learning & Education Help Develop Conviction About The Need To Change & Increase Your Commitment. Conviction Then Develops Into Determination. Next, Strong Determination Leads To Action: A Sustained Effort To Implement The Changes. This Final Factor Of Effort Is Critical.

World Belongs To Humanity, Not This Leader, That Leader Or That King Or Prince Or Religious Leader. World Belongs To Humanity.

Our World And Our Lives Have Become Increasingly Interdependent, So When Our Neighbour Is Harmed, It Affects Us Too. Therefore We Have To Abandon Outdated Notions Of 'them' And 'us' And Think Of Our World Much More In Terms Of A Great 'us', A Greater Human Family.

Without Your Own Effort It Is Impossible For Blessings To Come.

Hatred, Jealousy And Excessive Attachment Cause Suffering And Agitation. I Feel Compassion Can Help Us Overcome These Disturbances And Let Us Return To A Calm State Of Mind. Compassion Is Not Just Being Kind To Your Friend. That Involves Attachment Because It Is Based On Expectation. Compassion Is When You Do Something Good Without Any Expectations - Based On Realizing That "the Other Person Is Also Just Like Me".

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

A Tree With Strong Roots Can Withstand The Most Violent Storm, But The Tree Can't Grow Roots Just As The Storm Appears On The Horizon.

I Believe That The Very Purpose Of Our Life Is To Seek Happiness. That Is Clear. Whether One Believes In Religion Or Not, Whether One Believes In This Religion Or That Religion, We All Are Seeking Something Better In Life. So, I Think, The Very Motion Of Our Life Is Towards Happiness.

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

Even A Small Act Of Compassion Grants Meaning And Purpose To Our Lives.

Everybody Loves To Talk About Calmness And Peace, Whether In A Family, National, Or International Context, But Without Inner Peace How Can We Make Real Peace? World Peace Through Hatred And Force Is Impossible.

If We See Pride Among People Who Have No Idea About Dharma, It Is Understandable. However, If Afflictive Emotions And Haughtiness Are Present Among Dharma Practitioners, It Is Great Disgrace To Practice

Compassion Is The Wish For Another Being To Be Free From Suffering; Love Is Wanting Them To Have Happiness.

When Ever Buddhism Has Taken Root In A New Land, There Has Been A Certain Variation In The Style In Which It Is Observed. The Buddha Himself Taught Differently According To The Place, The Occasion And The Situation Of Those Who Were Listening To Him.

Genuine Harmony Must Come From The Heart. It Cannot Come From The Barrel Of A Gun.

Ultimately, The Reason Why Love And Compassion Bring The Greatest Happiness Is Simply That Our Nature Cherishes Them Above All Else. The Need For Love Lies At The Very Foundation Of Human Existence.

Learning To Forgive Is Much More Useful Than Merely Picking Up A Stone And Throwing It At The Object Of One's Anger, The More So When The Provocation Is Extreme. For It Is Under The Greatest Adversity That There Exists The Greatest Potential For Doing Good, Both For Oneself And Others.

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In This Century We Have Made Remarkable Material Progress, But Basically We Are The Same As We Were Thousands Of Years Ago. Our Spiritual Needs Are Still Very Great.

No Material Object, However Beautiful Or Valuable, Can Make Us Feel Loved, Because Our Deeper Identity And True Character Lie In The Subjective Nature Of The Mind.

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.

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If I Were To Die Today, I Would Have Some Concern For Tibet. But I Know That I Have Personally Done As Much As I Can To Use My Existence For Others. So I Have No Regret.

Wisdom Is The Best Guide And Faith Is The Best Companion.

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If It Can Be Solved, There's No Need To Worry, And If It Can't Be Solved, Worry Is Of No Use.

At The Beginning Of This Century, People Never Questioned The Effectiveness Of War, Never Thought There Could Be Real Peace. Now, People Are Tired Of War And See It As Ineffective In Solving Anything.

We Can Never Obtain Peace In The Outer World Until We Make Peace With Ourselves.

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

Genuine Friends

Because The Existing Education System Is Oriented Towards Materialistic Goals We Need To Pay Special Attention To Inner Values Such As Tolerance, Forgiveness, Love And Compassion.

Destructive Thoughts And Emotions Undermine The Very Causes Of Peace And Happiness. If You Think Clearly About It, It Makes No Sense To Think You’re Seeking Happiness, If You Do Nothing To Restrain Angry, Spiteful, And Malicious Thoughts And Emotions.

We Have Always Been A Nation Different From The Chinese. Long Ago We Fought Wars With Them.

On Every Level Of Human Life, Compassion Is The Key Thing.

Responsibility Does Not Only Lie With The Leaders Of Our Countries Or With Those Who Have Been Appointed Or Elected To Do A Particular Job. It Lies With Each Of Us Individually.

Tragedy Should Be Utilized As A Source Of Strength.

Painful Experiences

Because We All Share An Identical Need For Love, It Is Possible To Feel That Anybody We Meet, In Whatever Circumstances, Is A Brother Or Sister.

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

Brothers And Sisters

I Request You To Try To Be Warm-hearted. I Ask This Of You Because These Mental Attitudes Actually Bring Us Happiness.

If One's Life Is Simple, Contentment Has To Come.

Compassion Is Something Really Worthwhile. It Is Not Just A Religious Or Spiritual Subject, Not A Matter Of Ideology. It Is Not A Luxury, It Is A Necessity.

We Are All Here On This Planet, As It Were, As Tourists. None Of Us Can Live Here Forever. The Longest We Might Live Is A Hundred Years. So While We Are Here We Should Try To Have A Good Heart And To Make Something Positive And Useful Of Our Lives. Whether We Live Just A Few Years Or A Whole Century, It Would Be Truly Regrettable And Sad If We Were To Spend That Time Aggravating The Problems That Afflict Other People, Animals, And The Environment. The Most Important Things Is To Be A Good Human Being.

We May Now Have Reached A Point Where This Gap In Our Make-up Has Become Unsustainable; Partly Because What In The Past Would Have Counted As Material Plenty Has Become The Norm For The Majority In Much Of The World; And Partly Because The Slow Retreat Of Religion That Coincided With The Spread Of A Capitalist Economy Has Left A Gaping Hole In Millions Of People's Lives. (geoff Mulgan)

Capitalist Economy

True Enlightenment Is Nothing But The Nature Of One's Own Self Being Fully Realized.

The More You Are Motivated By Love, The More Fearless & Free Your Action Will Be.

The Feeling Of Being Happy Or Unhappy Rarely Depends On Our Absolute State, But On Our Perception Of The Situation, On Our Capacity To Be Satisfied With What We Have.

Rulers Come And Go. It's The People Who Are The Real Rulers Of The Country.

It Is Lack Of Love For Ourselves That Inhibits Our Compassion Toward Others. If We Make Friends With Ourselves, Then There Is No Obstacle To Opening Our Hearts And Minds To Others.

When We Meet Real Tragedy In Life, We Can React In Two Ways - Either By Losing Hope And Falling Into Self-destructive Habits, Or By Using The Challenge To Find Our Inner Strength.

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.

A Sense Of Contentment Is Crucial To Being Happy. Physical Health, Material Wealth And Friends Contribute To This, But Contentment Governs Our Relations With Them All.

The Universe That We Inhabit And Our Shared Perception Of It Are The Results Of A Common Karma. Likewise, The Places That We Will Experience In Future Rebirths Will Be The Outcome Of The Karma That We Share With The Other Beings Living There. The Actions Of Each Of Us, Human Or Nonhuman, Have Contributed To The World In Which We Live. We All Have A Common Responsibility For Our World And Are Connected With Everything In It.

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

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

The Question Is Not To Know What Is The Meaning Of Life, But What Meaning I Can Give To My Life.

Meaning Of Life

From The Viewpoint Of Absolute Truth, What We Feel And Experience In Our Ordinary Daily Life Is All Delusion. Of All The Various Delusions, The Sense Of Discrimination Between Oneself And Others Is The Worst Form, As It Creates Nothing But Unpleasantness For Both Sides. If We Can Realize And Meditate On Ultimate Truth, It Will Cleanse Our Impurities Of Mind And Thus Eradicate The Sense Of Discrimination. This Will Help To Create True Love For One Another. The Search For Ultimate Truth Is, Therefore, Vitally Important.

It Is My Fundamental Belief That All Human Beings Share The Same Basic Aspirations: That We All Want Hapiness And That We All Share Suffering. Asians, Just Like Americans, Europeans, And The Rest Of The World, Share A Desire To Live Life To Its Fullest, To Better Ourselves And The Lives Of Our Loved Ones.

All Religions Try To Benefit People, With The Same Basic Message Of The Need For Love And Compassion, For Justice And Honesty, For Contentment. So Merely Changing Formal Religious Affiliations Will Often Not Help Much. On The Other Hand, In Pluralistic, Democratic Societies, There Is The Freedom To Adopt The Religion Of Your Choice. This Is Good. This Lets Curious People Like You Run Around On The Loose!

Without Freedom, Creativity Cannot Flourish. The Right To Freedom Is Crucial To Progress In Any Society; And The Context Is Having A Sense Of Global Responsibility.

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.

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

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

Empirical Evidence

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