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What Is The Relationship Between Spirituality And Ethical Practice? Since Love And Compassion And Similar Qualities All, By Definition, Presume Some Level Of Concern For Others' Well-being, They Presume Ethical Restraint. We Cannot Be Loving And Compassionate Unless At The Same Time We Curb Our Own Harmful Impulses And Desires.

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What Is The Relationship

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What Is The Relationship Between Spirituality And Ethical Practice? Since Love And Compassion And Similar Qualities All, By Definition, Presume Some Level Of Concern For Others' Well-being, They Presume Ethical Restraint. We Cannot Be Loving And Compassionate Unless At The Same Time We Curb Our Own Harmful Impulses And Desires.

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Concern For Others

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Concern For Others

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Our Visit To This Planet Is Short, So We Should Use Our Time Meaningfully, Which We Can Do By Helping Others Wherever Possible. And If We Cannot Help Others, At Least We Should Try Not To Create Pain And Suffering For Them.

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Concern For Others

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The More We Think Of Others, The Happier We Are. The More We Think Of Ourselves, The More Suffering We Feel.

If We Have A Positive Mental Attitude, Then Even When Surrounded By Hostility, We Shall Not Lack Inner Peace.

Happiness Can Be Achieved Through Training The Mind.

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On Occasions When U Feel Most Hopeless, U Must Take Powerful Effort. We Must Persist In Face Of Failure.

Never Give Up. No Matter What Is Happening, No Matter What Is Going On Around You, Never Give Up.

There Is Competition, But It Is Used In A Good Way. It Is Positive To Want To Go First, Provided The Intention Is To Pave The Way For Others, Make Their Path More Easy, Help Them, Or Show The Way. Competition Is Negative When We Wish To Defeat Others, To Bring Them Down In Order To Lift Ourselves Up.

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.

If You Are Honest, Truthful, And Transparent, People Trust You. If People Trust You, You Have No Grounds For Fear, Suspicion Or Jealousy.

We Don’t Need More Money, We Don’t Need Greater Success Or Fame, We Don’t Need The Perfect Body Or Even The Perfect Mate-right Now, At This Very Moment, We Have A Mind, Which Is All The Basic Equipment We Need To Achieve Complete Happiness.

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

If A Harmonious Relationship Is Established Amongst Societies And Religious Beliefs In Today's Multi-ethnic, Multi-religious And Multi-cultural World, Then It Will Surely Set A Very Good Example For Others.

No Single Tibetan Dreaming Return Of Previous Sort Of Backwardness, Therefore As Far As Economy Development Is Concerned, Tibet Remain Within The People's Republic Of China, We Will Get Greater Benefit.

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

Looking At Various Means Of Developing Compassion, I Think Empathy Is An Important Factor: The Ability To Appreciate Others' Suffering.

Our Purpose In Life Is To Be Happy. From The Very Core Of Our Being, We Simply Desire Contentment.

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.

Happiness That Depends Mainly On Physical Pleasure Is Unstable; One Day It's There, The Next Day It May Not Be.

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

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

Home Is Where You Feel At Home And Are Treated Well.

The World Has Also Learned That Economic Growth, By Itself, Cannot Close The Gap Between Rich And Poor.

On A Certain Day, Month And Year One Should Observe The Ceremony Of Tree-planting. Thus, One Fulfils One's Responsibilities, Serves One's Fellow-beings Which Not Only Brings Happiness But Benefits All.

People Assume That Happiness Stems From Collecting Things Outside Of Yourself, Whereas True Happiness Stems From Removing Things From Inside Of Yourself

Collecting Things

To Foster Inner Awareness, Introspection, And Reasoning Is More Efficient Than Meditation And Prayer.

What We Do And Think In Our Own Lives, Then, Becomes Of Extreme Importance As It Effects Everything We're Connected To.

I One Individual Human Being. One Of The Seven Billion Human Being. I Believe Each Of Us, Our Future Depends On The Rest Of Humanity.

I Am Convinced That Human Nature Is Basically Affectionate And Good. If Our Behavior Follows Our Kind And Loving Nature, Immense Benefits Will Result, Not Only For Ourselves, But Also For The Society To Which We Belong. I Generally Refer To This Sort Of Love And Affection As A Universal Religion. Everyone Needs It, Believers As Much As Non-believers. This Attitude Constitutes The Very Basis Of Morality.

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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.

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From A Certain Point Of View Our Real Enemy, The True Troublemaker, Is Inside.

A Heart Full Of Love And Compassion Is The Main Source Of Inner Strength, Willpower, Happiness, And Mental Tranquility

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

The Message Of Love And Compassion Will Travel Far And Wide If All Who Follow A Spiritual Path Work Together In Harmony And Mutual Respect.

Working Together

Genuine Happiness And Compassion Go Hand In Hand.

Genuine Happiness

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

Killing Animals For Sport, For Pleasure, For Adventure, And For Hides And Furs Is A Phenomena Which Is At Once Disgusting And Distressing. There Is No Justification In Indulging Is Such Acts Of Brutality.

Funny Inspirational

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

I Feel That We Should Not Only Maintain Gentle, Peaceful Relations With Our Fellow Human Beings Bur Also That Is Very Important To Extend The Same Kind Of Attitude Toward The Natural Environment.

On Love, Not Harming Others, And Respecting All Beings. Even Animals Have These Elements In Their Behavioral Patterns. We Should Start By Observing How Animals Act. They Are Honest And Appreciate It When We Are Honest With Them. If You Present Something Nice To An Animal In One Hand While Hiding A Rope In The Other, The Creature Will Know Your Intention. Yet Animals Have No Religion, No Constitution. Basic Nature Has Endowed Them With The Faculty Of Discernment. It Is The Same For Humans.

I Do Not See Any Reason Why Animals Should Be Slaughtered To Serve As Human Diet When There Are So Many Substitutes. After All, Man Can Live Without Meat.

Vegetarian Diet

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.

Conversion Is Not My Intention. Changing Religion Is Not Easy. You May Develop Some Kind Of Confusion Or Difficulties.

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.

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.

Real Power Has To Do With One's Ability To Influence The Hearts And Minds Of Others.

Gratitude Is Something You Show In Relation To Others.

Tragedy Should Be Utilized As A Source Of Strength.

Painful Experiences

Some People, Sweet And Attractive, And Strong And Healthy, Happen To Die Young. They Are Masters In Disguise Teaching Us About Impermanence.

From That Viewpoint, America, Free Country, Democratic Country, So More Opportunity. Still Is More Sort Of Alive. This Is My Feeling.

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.

When A Certain Community Is Destroyed, In Reality It Destroys A Part Of All Of Us. So There Should Be A Clear Recognition That The Entire Humanity Is Just One Family. Any Conflict Within Humanity Should Be Considered As A Family Conflict. We Must Find A Solution Within This Atmosphere.

Laughing In Full Abandonment Is Very Good For Your Health.

We All Have The Potential To Be Better Than We Are.

If We Can Manage To Refrain From Harming Others In Our Everyday Actions And Words, We Can Start To Give More Serious Attention To Actively Doing Good, And This Can Be A Source Of Great Joy And Inner Confidence. We Can Benefit Others Through Our Actions By Being Warm And Generous Toward Them, By Being Charitable, And By Helping Those In Need.

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.

To My Mind, There Are Two Things That, In Life, You Can Do About Death. Either You Can Choose To Ignore It, In Which Case You May Have Some Success In Making The Idea Of It Go Away For A Limited Period Of Time, Or You Can Confront The Prospect Of Your Own Death And Try To Analyze It And, In So Doing, Try To Minimize Some Of The Inevitable Suffering That It Causes. Neither Way Can You Actually Overcome It.

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.

The Motivation Of All Religious Practice Is Similar: Love, Sincerity, Honesty. The Way Of Life Of Practically All Religious Persons Is Consistent. The Teachings Of Tolerance, Love, And Compassion Are The Same.

Action For Happiness Encourages Each Of Us To Live More Compassionately And Put The Happiness Of Others At The Centre Of Our Lives. This Is The Path To Lasting Peace And Happiness

Peace And Happiness

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

As Human Beings We Each Have A Responsibility To Care For Humanity. Expressing Concern For Others Brings Inner Strength And Deep Satisfaction. As Social Animals, Human Beings Need Friendship, But Friendship Doesn't Come From Wealth And Power, But From Showing Compassion And Concern For Others.

Women Have The Capacity To Lead Us To A More Peaceful World With Compassion, Affection, And Kindness.

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