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Whether You Believe In God Or Not Does Not Matter Much, Whether You Believe In Buddha Or Not Does Not Matter So Much; As A Buddhist, Whether You Believe In Reincarnation Or Not Does Not Matter So Much. You Must Lead A Good Life.

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Whether You Believe In God Or Not Does Not Matter Much, Whether You Believe In Buddha Or Not Does Not Matter So Much; As A Buddhist, Whether You Believe In Reincarnation Or Not Does Not Matter So Much. You Must Lead A Good Life.

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For The Moment A Lot Of Attention Is Given To Economic Concerns, And These Problems At Hand Easily Eclipse All Others. But The Remedies Proposed For These Problems All Come Out Of Outmoded Ways Of Thinking... The Remedy? Compassion. The Logical Feeling That We Find In Ourselves If We Search Deeply Enough That Has To Be Exercised Toward All Other Living Creatures.

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Without Religion, Also There Is A Way, It Could Be This Way, Through Education, Through Scientific Findings, Then You Get Conviction. Not Necessarily Really Love Other, But For Their Own Interest They Are Showing Love, Compassion To Other Like That.

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Everyone Wants A Happy Life Without Difficulties Or Suffering. We Create Many Of The Problems We Face. No One Intentionally Creates Problems, But We Tend To Be Slaves To Powerful Emotions Like Anger, Hatred And Attachment That Are Based On Misconceived Projections About People And Things. We Need To Find Ways Of Reducing These Emotions By Eliminating The Ignorance That Underlies Them And Applying Opposing Forces.

Human Beings Are Of Such Nature That They Should Have Not Only Material Facilities But Spiritual Sustenance As Well. Without Spiritual Sustenance, It Is Difficult To Get And Maintain Peace Of Mind.

Education Is The Best Way To Train Ourselves That We Will Secure Our Own Well-being By Concerning Ourselves With Others. It Is Possible To Create A Better World, A More Compassionate, More Peaceful World, Which Is Not Only In Everyone’s Interest, But Is Everyone’s Responsibility To Achieve.

Everybody Wants A Happy Life And A Peaceful Mind, But We Have To Produce Peace Of Mind Through Our Own Practice.

More Often Than Not, Anger Is Actually An Indication Of Weakness Rather Than Of Strength.

If The Basic Human Nature Was Aggressive, We Would Have Been Born With Animal Claws & Huge Teeth -- But Ours Are Very Short, Very Pretty, Very Weak! That Means We Are Not Well Equipped To Be Aggressive Beings. Even The Size Of Our Mouth Is Very Small. So I Think The Basic Nature Of Human Beings Should Be Gentle.

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.

Unlike Physical Progress, Which Is Subject To Natural Restrictions, The Qualities Of The Mind Can Be Developed Limitlessly.

If We Want To Save The World, We Must Have A Plan. But No Plan Will Work Unless We Meditate.

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

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.

It Is Vital That When Educating Our Children's Brains That We Do Not Neglect To Educate Their Hearts.

To Me There Is No Difference Whether President, Beggar, Or King.

The Time Has Come To Educate People, To Cease All Quarrels In The Name Of Religion, Culture, Countries, Different Political Or Economic Systems. Fighting Is Useless. Suicide.

Through Meditative Techniques, One Can Free The Mind Of Delusions And Attain What We Call Enlightenment.

My Enemy Is My Greatest Teacher.

There Can Be No Peace As Long As There Is Grinding Poverty, Social Injustice, Inequality, Oppression, Environmental Degradation, And As Long As The Weak And Small Continue To Be Trodden By The Mighty And Powerful.

Nothing Is Permanent.

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

Genuine Friends

After I Handed Over All My Authority, I Feel Now Our Struggle [for Tibet ] Become Much, Much Safer. And Me Personally, The Day I Officially Handed Over, That Night, Very Unusual Sound. I Am Quite Free Now.

Not So Long Ago People Believed In Ideologies, Systems, And Institutions To Save All Societies. Today, They Have Given Up Such Hopes And Have Returned To Relying On The Individual, On Individual Freedom, Individual Initiative, Individual Creativity.

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Attaining Happiness

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If Your Heart Has Peace, Nothing Can Disturb You.

Refraining From Harm, Not Out Of Fear, But Out Of Concern For Others, Their Well-being And Out Of Respect Is Non-violence.

Concern For Others

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The Roots Of All Goodness Lie In The Soil Of Appreciation For Goodness.

Climate Change Has Been Immense Difficulties Of Pains Or Illness Or Hard Life On This Planet. So Through That Way, You Have Sense Of Concern Of The Well Being, Not Sky, Not Just The Environment Itself.

Once Your Mind Is Calm And Full Of Love, There Is No Room For Hatred Or Fear. Others Will Trust You Because Of Your Open Heart.

When There Is Too Much Stress Or Worry, Look Within.

If You Focus Only On Yourself And Neglect Others, You Will Lose; But You Will Gain If You Value Others As Much As You Cherish Yourself.

Whether Or Not We Follow Any Particular Spiritual Tradition, The Benefits Of Love And Kindness Are Obvious To Anyone.

Wherever I Go Meeting The Public... Spreading A Message Of Human Values, Spreading A Message Of Harmony, Is The Most Important Thing.

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

Anger Is The Ultimate Troublemaker. I Feel You Can Express A Strong Disapproval Or Dislike Of An Object Without Losing Your Temper.

In Twenty Years' Time I'll Be Eighty-three, Just An Old Man With A Stick Moving Like A Sloth Bear. While I'm Alive, I Am Fully Committed To Autonomy, And I Am The Person Who Can Persuade The Tibetan People To Accept It.

Genuine Happiness Comes From Focusing On The Happiness Of Others.

Genuine Happiness

The Lessons We Have Begun To Learn Make Me Hopeful, That Human Beings Will Become Friendlier, More Harmonious, Less Harmful. Compassion And The Seeds Of Peace Will Be Able To Flourish. At The Same Time, Every Individual Is Responsible To Help Guide Our Global Family In The Right Direction. Good Wishes Alone Are Not Enough; We Have To Take Responsibility. Large Human Movements Spring From Individual Human Initiatives

I Feel Many Problems That We Are Facing, Are Man-made Problems, We Have Too Much Emphasis On This Secondary Thing, Forgetting Our Foundation. At Foundation, We Are The Same Human Being And We Are Sharing The Same Planet. Six Billion Human Beings' Future Is My Future And My Future Is Never Separate From The Future Of Six Billion Human Beings.

Sometimes One Creates A Dynamic Impression By Saying Something, And Sometimes One Creates As Significant An Impression By Remaining Silent.

As Soon As I Wake Up I Pay Homage To The Buddha, And I Try To Prepare My Mind To Be More Altruistic, More Compassionate, During The Day To Come So I Can Be Of Benefit To Beings. Then I Do Physical Exersice - I Walk On A Treadmill.

Artists Have The Responsibility To Serve Humanity Give People Hope.

I Usually Say The Aim Of Life Is To Be Happy. Our Existence Is Based On Hope. Our Life Is Rooted In The Opportunity To Be Happy, Not Necessarily Wealthy, But Happy Within Our Own Minds. If We Only Indulge In Sensory Pleasure, We'll Be Little Different From Animals. In Fact, We Have This Marvellous Brain And Intelligence; We Must Learn To Use It.

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.

The Natural Environment Sustains The Life Of All Beings Universally.

Instead Of Harboring Fear And Suspicion We Need To Think Of Other People Not As ‘them’ But ‘us’.

Being Concerned About Other People Is Especially Relevant In Today's World. If We Consider The Complex Inter-connected Ness Of Our Modern Lives, How We Depend On Others And Others Depend On Us, Our Outlook Will Change. We’ll Begin To See 'others' Not As Somehow Distant From Us, But As People We Are In Touch With, People Close To Us; We Will No Longer Feel Indifferent To Them.

This We Can All Bear Witness To, Living As We Do Plagued By Unremitting Anxiety . It Becomes More And More Imperative That The Life Of The Spirit Be Avowed As The Only Firm Basis Upon Which To Establish Happiness And Peace.

It Is My Fundamental Conviction That Compassion - The Natural Capacity Of The Human Heart To Feel Concern For And Connection With Another Human Being - Constitutes A Basic Aspect Of Our Nature Shared By All Human Beings, As Well As Being The Foundation Of Our Happiness. All Ethical Teachings, Whether Religious Or Nonreligious, Aim To Nurture This Innate And Precious Quality, To Develop It And To Perfect It.

I Do Not Judge The Universe.

Reality Is Devoid Of Any Intrinsic Identity That Can Be Captured By Any One Single Proposition - That Is What Buddha Meant By "voidness."

Appreciate How Rare And Full Of Potential Your Situation Is In This World, Then Take Joy In It, And Use It To Your Best Advantage.

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

The Future Will Be In The Hands Of Those Of You Who Belong To The 21st Century. You Have The Opportunity And Responsibility To Build A Better Humanity. This Means Developing Warm-heartednes S In This Very Life, Here And Now. So, Do Whatever Work You Do, But Ask Yourselves Now And Then, 'how Can I Contribute To Human Beings Being Happier And More Peaceful?'

Everything You Do Has Some Effect, Some Impact.

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.

The Practice Of Patience Guards Us Against Losing Our Presence Of Mind. It Enables Us To Remain Undisturbed, Even When The Situation Is Really Difficult. It Gives Us A Certain Amount Of Inner Peace, Which Allows Us Some Self-control, So That We Can Choose To Respond To Situations In An Appropriate And Compassionate Manner, Rather Than Being Driven By Our Disturbing Emotions.

Self-rule Means That China Must Stop Its Intensive Effort To Colonize Tibet With Chinese Settlers And Must Allow Tibetans To Hold Responsible Positions In The Government Of Tibet.

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