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When We Are Angry We Are Blind To Reality. Anger May Bring Us A Temporary Burst Of Energy, But That Energy Is Blind And It Blocks The Part Of Our Brain That Distinguishes Right From Wrong. To Deal With Our Problems, We Need To Be Practical And Realistic. If We Are To Be Realistic, We Need To Use Our Human Intelligence Properly, Which Means We Need A Calm Mind.

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When We Are Angry

Dalai Lama

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When We Are Angry We Are Blind To Reality. Anger May Bring Us A Temporary Burst Of Energy, But That Energy Is Blind And It Blocks The Part Of Our Brain That Distinguishes Right From Wrong. To Deal With Our Problems, We Need To Be Practical And Realistic. If We Are To Be Realistic, We Need To Use Our Human Intelligence Properly, Which Means We Need A Calm Mind.

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Secular Humanism

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A Generous Heart And Wholesome Actions Lead To Greater Peace.

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With Realization Of One's Own Potential And Self-confidence In One's Ability, One Can Build A Better World.

By Developing A Sense Of Respect For Others And A Concern For Their Welfare, We Reduce Our Own Selfishness, Which Is The Source Of All Problems, And Enhance Our Sense Of Kindness, Which Is A Natural Source Of Goodness.

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Travel The World

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Buddhism Strongly Discourages Blind Faith And Fanaticism.

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.

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

Each Of You Should Feel That You Have Great Potential And That, With Self-confidence And A Little More Effort, Change Really Is Possible If You Want It. If You Feel That Your Present Way Of Life Is Unpleasant Or Has Some Difficulties, Then Don't Look At These Negative Things. See The Positive Side, The Potential, And Make An Effort.

Self Confidence

Our State Of Mind Plays A Major Role In Our Day-to-day Experiences As Well As Our Physical And Mental Well-being. If A Person Has A Calm And Stable Mind, This Influences His Or Her Attitude And Behavior In Relation To Others. In Other Words, If Someone Remains In A Peaceful And Tranquil State Of Mind, External Surroundings Can Cause Them Only A Limited Disturbance.

When Young We Have A Vivid Sense Of Basic Values Like Trust And Warm-heartedness, Which We Tend To Neglect In Today's Competitive World As We Grow Up, Yet From Birth We All Have A Need For Affection. The Emotions We Experience Today Have Not Changed Much Over The Last Few Thousand Years, But The Interest Increasing Numbers Of People Are Showing In Their Inner World And How Their Emotions Work Is A Sign Of Maturity.

Inner Darkness, Which We Call Ignorance, Is The Root Of Suffering. The More Inner Light That Comes, The More Darkness Will Diminish. This Is The Only Way To Achieve Salvation Or Nirvana.

An Enemy Is Indeed A Precious Teacher.

It Is A Wonderful Thing If One Can Use One's Place Of Work As A Place Of Spiritual Practice As Well.

Learn And Obey The Rules Very Well So You Will Know How To Break Them Properly.

Choose To Be Optimistic, It Feels Better.

The Most Important Thing In Life Is Human Affection. Without It One Cannot Achieve Genuine Happiness. And If We Want A Happier Life, A Happier Family, Happier Neighbours Or A Happier Nation, The Key Is Inner Quality. Even If The Five Billion Human Beings That Inhabit The Earth Become Millionaires, Without Inner Development There Cannot Be Peace Or Any Lasting Happiness.

Lasting Happiness

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

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

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

During The Day Extend That Attitude To Everyone You Meet. Practice Cherishing The "simplest" Person (clerks, Attendants, Etc) Or People You Dislike.

The Invitation Come From Some Institution Who Really Involving So-called My Own Profession, These Fields. And Then Different Universities Or Education Sort Of Institution, I Feel That Is The Place Where The Awareness Of These Things To Start And To Spread A More Human Community. So Then On That Level, Yes, I Have Some Obligation.

Just As We Take For Granted The Need To Acquire Proficiency In The Basic Academic Subjects, I Am Hopeful That A Time Will Come When We Can Take It For Granted That Children Will Learn, As Part Of The Curriculum, The Indispensability Of Inner Values: Love, Compassion, Justice, And Forgiveness.

For The Rest Of Your Life To Be As Meaningful As Possible, Engage In Spiritual Practice If You Can. It Is Nothing More Than Acting Out Of Concern For Others. If You Practice Sincerely And With Persistence, Little By Little, Step By Step You Will Gradually Reorder Your Habits And Attitudes So As To Think Less About Your Own Narrow Concerns And More About Others' - And Thereby Find Peace And Happiness Yourself.

It Is Our Custom To Say That Someone Is 'lucky' Or 'unlucky' If They Meet With Fortunate Or Unfortunate Circumstances, Respectively. It Is, However, Too Simplistic To Think In Terms Of Random 'luck.' Even From A Scientific Point Of View, This Is Not A Sufficient Explanation.

The Best Way To Resolve Any Problem In The Human World Is For All Sides To Sit Down And Talk.

I Feel That A Genuine, Affectionate Smile Is Very Important In Our Day-to-day Lives. How One Creates That Smile Largely Depends On One's Own Attitude. It Is Illogical To Expect Smiles From Others If One Does Not Smile Oneself. Therefore, One Can See That Many Things Depend On One's Own Behaviour.

The Key To Human Happiness Lies Within Our Own State Of Mind, And So Too Do The Primary Obstacles To That Happiness.

We Must Conduct Research And Then Accept The Results. If They Don't Stand Up To Experimentation, Buddha`s Own Words Must Be Rejected.

The World Will Be Saved By The Western Woman.

I Believe That We Are Fundamentally The Same And Have The Same Basic Potential.

Every Human Actions Becomes Dangerous When It Is Deprived Of Human Feeling. When They Are Performed With Feeling And Respect For Human Values, All Activities Become Constructive.

If You Lose Your Temper, Your Sound Sleep Will Go, And You Will Have To Use A Tranquilizer Or Sleeping Pills? Then Gradually, More White Hair, Wrinkles.

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.

If There Are Sound Reasons Or Bases For The Points You Demand, Then There Is No Need For Violence. On The Other Hand, When There Is No Sound Reason That Concessions Should Be Made To You But Mainly Your Own Desire, Then Reason Cannot Work And You Have To Rely On Force. Thus Using Force Is Not A Sign Of Strength But Rather A Sign Of Weakness.

Wealth Is Not Necessarily A Bad Thing When It Has Been Earned In An Honest Manner And Neither Other Individuals Nor The Environment Suffered For It.

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

May I Examine My Mind In All Actions And As Soon As A Negative State Occurs, Since It Endangers Myself And Others, May I Firmly Face And Avert It.

We Often Add To Our Pain And Suffering By Being Overly Sensitive, Over-reacting To Minor Things, And Sometimes Taking Things Too Personally.

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

Sometimes, Whether A Desire Is Excessive Or Negative Depends On The Circumstances Or Society In Which You Live In.

It Is Important That When Pursing Our Own Self-interest We Should Be 'wise Selfish' And Not 'foolish Selfish'. Being Foolish Selfish Means Pursuing Our Own Interests In A Narrow, Shortsighted Way. Being Wise Selfish Means Taking A Broader View And Recognizing That Our Own Long-term Individual Interest Lies In The Welfare Of Everyone. Being Wise Selfish Means Being Compassionate.

A Female Dalai Lama Must Be Very Attractive, Otherwise Not Much Use.

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

I Can Do What My Energy, My Time, To My Other Sort Of Commitment. And Then Also Emotional, Religious Harmony. So In These Two Field, Now That More Or Less I Think The Spirituality Or Human Values In These Fields, I May Consider My Only Professional Field. The Political, National Struggle, These Are Not My Profession.

Death Is A Part Of All Our Lives. Whether We Like It Or Not, It Is Bound To Happen. Instead Of Avoiding Thinking About It, It Is Better To Understand Its Meaning. We All Have The Same Body, The Same Human Flesh, And Therefore We Will All Die. There Is A Big Difference, Of Course, Between Natural Death And Accidental Death, But Basically Death Will Come Sooner Or Later. If From The Beginning Your Attitude Is 'yes, Death Is Part Of Our Lives,' Then It May Be Easier To Face.

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.

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