Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 12

• It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put.

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  Mind, Ends, States

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• My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit of reconciliation. However, I believe that a human being, without religious faith, can be a very good person - sincere, a good heart, having a sense of concern for others - without belief in a particular religious faith.

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  Religious, Believe, Heart

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• The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

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  Compassion, Essence, Suffering Of Others

  Dalai Lama (2012). “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World”, p.11, Random House

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• Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give. It is by giving warmth and affection, by having a genuine sense of concern for others, in other words through compassion, that we gain the conditions for genuine happiness. More important than being loved, therefore, is to love.

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  Compassion, Concern For Others, Giving

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• The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

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  Hurt, Buddhism, Helping Others

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• World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

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  Life, Spiritual, Peace

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• When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters.

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  Happiness, Brother, Laughter

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• In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

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  Positive, Uplifting, Positivity

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• The more you think about your own self, the more self-centred you are, the more trouble even small problems can create in your mind. The stronger your sense of 'I', the narrower the scope of your thinking becomes; then even small obstacles become unbearable. On the other hand, if you concern yourself mainly with others, the broader your thinking becomes, and life's inevitable difficulties disturb you less.

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  Thinking, Small Problems, Self

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• The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.

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  Pride, Helping Others, Attachment

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.135, Penguin Books India

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• There is no self-interest completely unrelated to others' interests. Due to the fundamental interconnectedness which lies at the heart of reality, your interest is also my interest. From this it becomes clear that "my" interest and "your" interest are intimately connected. In a deep sense, they converge.

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  Lying, Heart, Reality

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• Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power.

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  Heart, Genuine Friends, Warm

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• When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion.

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  Inspirational, Compassion, Needs

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• A learned person will become noble only when he or she has put into real practice what has been learned, instead of mere words.

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  Real, Learned Person, Practice

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• Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys. Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow there. The rivers flow like warm syrup. They empty into huge oceans of soul.

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  Ocean, Flower, Home

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• Giving up attachment to the world does not mean that you set yourself apart from it. Generating a desire for others to be happy increases your humanity. As you become less attached to the world, you become more humane. As the very purpose of spiritual practice is to help others, you must remain in society.

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  Spiritual, Buddhist, Giving Up

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• I don't take myself too seriously! That makes me happy.

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  Make Me Happy

  Source: www.worldreligionnews.com

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• Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. From the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm. Of course, I do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, but merely wish to suggest that, if you relate to it constructively, it can bring greater inner strength and fortitude.

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  Exercise, Inner Strength, Stronger

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• It is natural that we face obstacles in pursuit of our goals. But if we remain passive, making no effort to solve the problems we meet, conflicts will arise and hindrances will grow. Transforming these obstacles into opportunities is a challenge to our human ingenuity.

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  Opportunity, Goal, Effort

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• pain is inevitable,suffering is optional... we have bigger houses,but smaller families. More conveniences,but less time. We have knowledge,but less judgements; more experts,but more problems ; more medicines but less health.

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  Pain, Medicine, House

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• I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I'm not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I'm not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks.

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  Life, Happiness, Spiritual

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• My call for a spiritual revolution is not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way of life that is somehow otherworldly, still less to something magical or mysterious. Rather it is a call for a radical reorientation away from our habitual preoccupation with self. It is a call to turn toward the wider community of beings with whom we are connected, and for conduct which recognizes others' interests alongside our own.

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  Spiritual, Religious, Compassion

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• Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest form and purity beyond all poisons of this world.

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  Thinking, Joy, Suffering

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• 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.

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  Spiritual, Compassion, Working Together

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• If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.

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  Worry, Waste, Wasting Time

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