Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 26

• I will not propose to you that my way is best. The decision is up to you. If you find some point which may be suitable to you, then you can carry out experiments for yourself. If you find that it is of no use, then you can discard it.

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  Inspirational, Decision, Up To You

  Dalai Lama XIV (2002). “Illustrated Teachings of the Dalai Lama”

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• You must not procrastinate. Rather, you should make preparations so that even if you did die tonight, you would have no regrets. If you develop an appreciation for the uncertainty and imminence of death, your sense of the importance of using your time wisely will get stronger and stronger.

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  Appreciation, Regret, Procrastination

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• Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.

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  Buddhist, Attitude, Needs

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• As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.

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  Irritation, Worry, Mind

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• A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.

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  Inspirational, Brother, Motivation

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• We can't be useful to ourselves unless we're useful to others .... Anyone concerned only by his own well-being will suffer eventually. Anyone concerned with the well-being of others takes care of himself without even thinking about it. Even if we decide to remain selfish. let us be intelligently selfish - let us help others.

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  Selfish, Helping Others, Thinking

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• Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists may call on us to, well, you know, do it like crazy for the sake of humankind.

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  Love, Crazy, Orbit

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• Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.

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  Confusion, May, Kind

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• One interesting thing about greed is that although the underlying motive is to seek satisfaction, the irony is that even after obtaining the object of your desire you are still not satisfied. The true antidote of greed is contentment.

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  Buddhism, Interesting, Greed

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• Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.

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  Compassion, Selfishness, Belief

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• Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.

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  Compassion, Unbiased, Recognition

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• To my mind, there are two things that, in life, you can do about death. Either you can choose to ignore it, in which case you may have some success in making the idea of it go away for a limited period of time, or you can confront the prospect of your own death and try to analyze it and, in so doing, try to minimize some of the inevitable suffering that it causes. Neither way can you actually overcome it.

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  Death, Ideas, Two

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• To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king.

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  Kings, Differences, President

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• According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.

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  Buddhist, Attachment, Psychology

  Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2007). “How to See Yourself As You Really Are”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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• Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.

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  Hatred, Mind, Important

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• As human beings we have the same experience of destructive and constructive emotions. We also have a human mind capable of developing wisdom. We all have the same Buddha nature.

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  Mind, Emotion, Buddha Nature

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• I hold the view that death is rather like changing one's clothes when they are torn and old. It is not an end in itself. Yet death is unpredictable-you do not know when and howT it will take place.

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  Death, Views, Clothes

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• Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

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  Spiritual, Compassion, Mind

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• The compassion we feel normally is biased and mixed with attachment. Genuine compassion flows towards all living beings, particularly your enemies. If I try to develop compassion towards my enemy, it may not benefit him directly, he may not even be aware of it. But it will immediately benefit me by calming my mind. On the other hand, if I dwell on how awful everything is, I immediately lose my peace of mind.

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  Compassion, Attachment, Hands

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• There is a true feminist movement in Buddhism that relates to the goddess Tārā. Following her cultivation of bodhicitta, the bodhisattva's motivation, she looked upon the situation of those striving towards full awakening and she felt that there were too few people who attained Buddhahood as women. So she vowed, 'I have developed bodhicitta as a woman. For all my lifetimes along the path I vow to be born as a woman, and in my final lifetime when I attain Buddhahood, then, too, I will be a woman.'

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  Motivation, Buddhism, People

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.292, Penguin Books India

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• All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is one important way to avoid suffering and be happy.

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  Thinking, Meditation, Training

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• I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.

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  Honesty, Believe, I Believe

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• It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.

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  Compassion, Challenges, Tolerance

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• I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.

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  Heart, Responsibility, Universal

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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• Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.

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  Compassion, Tolerance, Way

  Dalai Lama @DalaiLama, twitter.com. March 7, 2013.

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