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We Can Never Obtain Peace In The World If We Neglect The Inner World And Don't Make Peace With Ourselves. World Peace Must Develop Out Of Inner Peace. Without Inner Peace It Is Impossible To Achieve World Peace, External Peace. Weapons Themselves Do Not Act. They Have Not Come Out Of The Blue. Man Has Made Them. But Even Given Those Weapons, Those Terrible Weapons, They Cannot Act By Themselves. As Long As They Are Left Alone In Storage They Cannot Do Any Harm. A Human Being Must Use Them. Someone Must Push The Button. Satan, The Evil Powers, Cannot Push That Button. Human Beings Must Do It.

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We Can Never Obtain

Dalai Lama

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We Can Never Obtain Peace In The World If We Neglect The Inner World And Don't Make Peace With Ourselves. World Peace Must Develop Out Of Inner Peace. Without Inner Peace It Is Impossible To Achieve World Peace, External Peace. Weapons Themselves Do Not Act. They Have Not Come Out Of The Blue. Man Has Made Them. But Even Given Those Weapons, Those Terrible Weapons, They Cannot Act By Themselves. As Long As They Are Left Alone In Storage They Cannot Do Any Harm. A Human Being Must Use Them. Someone Must Push The Button. Satan, The Evil Powers, Cannot Push That Button. Human Beings Must Do It.

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Lasting Happiness

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The Most Important Benefit Of Patience Consists In The Way It Acts As A Powerful Antidote To The Affliction Of Anger - The Greatest Threat To Our Inner Peace, And Therefore Our Happiness. The Mind, Or Spirit, Is Not Physical, It Cannot Be Touched Or Harmed Directly. Only Negative Thoughts And Emotions Can Harm It. Therefore, Only The Corresponding Positive Quality Can Protect It.

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According To Buddhist Practice, There Are Three Stages Or Steps. The Initial Stage Is To Reduce Attachment Towards Life. The Second Stage Is The Elimination Of Desire And Attachment To This Samsara. Then In The Third Stage, Self-cherishing Is Eliminated

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The Purpose Of Life Is To Be Happy.

Purpose Of Life

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Unless The Direction Of Science Is Guided By A Consciously Ethical Motivation, Especially Compassion, Its Effects May Fail To Bring Benefit. They May Indeed Cause Great Harm.

A Good Friend Who Points Out Mistakes And Imperfections And Rebukes Evil Is To Be Respected As If He Reveals The Secret Of Some Hidden Treasure.

Some People Say That The West Has A Cruel History. These People Also May See The Achievements Of Western Countries - In Terms Of The Economy, Education, Health, And Social Achievements - As A Result Of Exploitation Of Poorer Countries, Including Arab Countries. Western Nations Get Rich By Using Resources Such As Arab Oil. Meanwhile, The Countries Supplying Them Raw Materials Remain Poor. Due To Such Injustices, Jealousies Are Created.

Using Resources

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

In The Past, Destruction Of Your Neighbour Might Have Been Considered A Victory, But Today We Are All Interdependent. We Live In A Global Economy; We Face Problems Like Climate Change That Affect Us All. The 7 Billion Human Beings Alive Today Belong To One Human Family. In The Context That Others' Interests Are In Our Interest And Our Interest Is In Their Interest, The Use Of Force Is Self-destructive.

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

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.

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

In Some Cases Is Keeping Your Mouth Shut The Best Answer.

Keeping Your Mouth Shut

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

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

As Long As I Am Alive, I Am Fully Committed To Amity Between Tibetans And Chinese. Otherwise There's No Use.

Patience As We Wait To Take Action Is A Kind Of Compassionate Mind. Impatience On The Other Hand Can Be A Source Of Failure.

We Can Live Without Religion And Meditation, But We Cannot Survive Without Human Affection.

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

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.

It Is Worth Remembering That The Time Of Greatest Gain In Terms Of Wisdom And Inner Strength Is Often That Of Greatest Difficulty.

If You Have Only Education And Knowledge And A Lack Of The Other Side, Then You May Not Be A Happy Person, But A Person Of Mental Unrest, Of Frustration. Not Only That, But If You Combine These Two, Your Whole Life Will Be A Constructive And Happy Life. And Certainly You Can Make Immense Benefit For Society And The Betterment Of Humanity. That Is One Of My Fundamental Beliefs: That A Good Heart, A Warm Heart, A Compassionate Heart, Is Still Teachable.

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

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

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

The Fact That There Is Always A Positive Side To Life Is The One Thing That Gives Me A Lot Of Happiness. This World Is Not Perfect. There Are Problems. But Things Like Happiness And Unhappiness Are Relative. Realizing This Gives You Hope.

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

If You Young People Who Today Belong To The First Generation Of The 21st Century Make An Effort Now, You May Be Able To Create A Happier, More Peaceful World. But You Can't Take For Granted That It Will Happen By Itself, You'll Need To Take Action.

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.

Anything That Contradicts Experience And Logic Should Be Abandoned.

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.

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.

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