Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 10

• When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.

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  Independence, Emotion, Assets

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• Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace.

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  Rights, People, Development

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1989.

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• The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person.

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  Spiritual, Kindness, Believe

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• So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.

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  Spiritual, Smart, Heart

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• The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.

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  Life, Mind, Existential

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• Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind - compassion opens it.

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  Compassion, Hatred, Mind

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• Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs to be supported by reason. However intellectual understanding that is not applied in practice is also of little use. Whatever we learn from study we need to apply sincerely in our daily lives.

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  Hands, Practice, Understanding

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• Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table.

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  Religious, Order, Dinner With Friends

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• If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Dalai Lama urges students to shape world" by Hal Bernton, community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. May 15, 2001.

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• The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we exist in the hope of something better. Hope means keeping going, thinking, ‘I can do this.’ It brings inner strength, self-confidence , the ability to do what you do honestly, truthfully and transparently.

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  Mean, Self Confidence, Thinking

  Facebook post, www.facebook.com. April 18, 2014.

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• Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating
  negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is 'shila', or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life.

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  Self, Discipline, Patterns

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• Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion.

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  Karma, Believe, Principles

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• Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance

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  Inspirational, Ignorance, Darkness

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2009). “Becoming Enlightened”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world.

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  Effort, World, Consistent

  "Training the Mind to Change the World" by Catherine Cussaguet, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2016.

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• It's not enough to be compassionate. You must act.

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  Diversity, Enough, Rectify

  Dalai Lama XIV (2009). “Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.109, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When you engage in fulfilling the needs of others, your own needs are fulfilled as a by-product.

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  Needs, Fulfilled, Fulfilling

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.110, Penguin Books India

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• Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

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  Success, Spiritual, Buddhist

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• The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.

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  Life, Spiritual, Religious

  Dalai Lama (2016). “The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• The purpose of life is to be happy.

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  Purpose, Life Is, Purpose Of Life

  The Dalai Lama (1997). “Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective”, p.50, Shambhala

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• If the mind is tranquil and occupied with positive thoughts, the body will not easily fall prey to disease

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  Fall, Mind, Body

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.8, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• An eye for an eye....we are all blind

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  Inspirational, Eye, Blind

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• Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

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  Religious, Business, Buddhism

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• Instead of harboring fear and suspicion we need to think of other people not as ‘them’ but ‘us’.

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  Thinking, People, Needs

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• If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!

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  Inspirational, People, Chance

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• If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.

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  Life, Real, Confusion

  "The Little Book of Buddhism". Book by Dalai Lama, 2000.

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