Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 14

• Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

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  Attitude, Loneliness, Self

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• What we do and think in our own lives, then, becomes of extreme importance as it effects everything we're connected to.

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  Inspirational, Thinking, Importance

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• A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.

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  Inspirational, Mistake, Trying

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• It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

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  Cheating, Prayer, Helping Others

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.103, Penguin Books India

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• The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves. On a simple level we find that if we have a compassionate heart we naturally have more friends. And scientists today are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.

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  Heart, Mean, Happy Life

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• Education is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. Compassion and peace of mind bring a sense of confidence that reduce stress and anxiety, whereas anger and hatred come from frustration and undermine our sense of trust. Because of ignorance, many of our problems are our own creation. Education, however, is the instrument that increases our ability to employ our own intelligence.

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  Trust, Education, Confidence

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• I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later.
  There is not much hurry.
  If in day to day life you lead a good life, honesty, with love,
  with compassion, with less selfishness,
  then automatically it will lead to Nirvana.

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  Buddhist, Good Life, Honesty

  "Dzogchen: Heart Essence of the Great Perfection" by Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, 2004.

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• One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others. When we succeed in this, we find that the scale of our own problems diminishes. This is not to say we should ignore our own needs altogether, but rather that we should try to remember others' needs alongside our own, no matter how pressing ours may be

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  Self, Focus, Anxiety

  The Dalai Lama (2012). “The Essence Of Wisdom”, p.54, Hachette UK

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• Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

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  Peace, Negative, Emotion

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• 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.

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  Perfect, Mind, Body

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.45, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Focus, Humanity, Gains

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• If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding.

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  Life, Spiritual, Teacher

  Dalai Lama (2016). “The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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• ONE MUST BE COMPASSIONATE TO ONE'S SELF BEFORE EXTERNAL COMPASSION.

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  Compassion, Self, Compassionate

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• Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents, and then later on in our life when we are oppressed by sickness and become old, we are again dependent on the kindness of others. Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other's kindness, how can it be in the middle that we would neglect kindness towards others?

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  Kindness, Helping Others, Parent

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• What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.

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  Believe, Happy Life, Purpose

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Suffering increases your inner strength. Also, the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear.

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  Suffering, Inner Strength, Wish

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.42, Penguin Books India

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• The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion.

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  Lying, Teaching, Persistence

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• When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities.

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  Peace, Community, Society

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• Your education tends to develop the brain while it neglects the heart, so you have a longing for teachings that develop and strengthen the good heart.

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  Teaching, Heart, Brain

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions

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  Compassion, Ideas, Littles

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• This generation has a responsibility to reshape the world. Start the task even if it will not be fulfilled in your lifetime. Even if it seems hopeless now, never give up. Offer a positive vision, with enthusiasm and joy, and an optimistic outlook.

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  Giving Up, Optimistic, Responsibility

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• In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it is now commonplace for people of dissimilar world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It is a matter of great urgency, therefore, that we find ways to cooperate with one another in a spirit of mutual acceptance and respect.

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  Respect, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• It is important to reflect on the kindness of others. Every aspect of our present well-being is due to others' hard work. The buildings we live and work in, the roads we travel, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat, are all provided by others. None of them would exist but for the kindness of so many people unknown to us.

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  Kindness, Hard Work, Clothes

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• There should be pluralism - the concept of many religions, many truths. But we must also be careful not to become nihilistic.

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  Pluralism, Should, Be Careful

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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