Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 27

• The practice of love can be expressed in one sentence: 'Do not harm others.'

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  Practice, Harm, One Sentence

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• I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the person who has never experienced suffering. From this angle then, some suffering can be a good lesson for life.

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  Thinking, Suffering, Hardship

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

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• Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.

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  Home, Wells, Feels

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• The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

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  Positive, Buddhist, Buddhism

  Dalai Lama, Herbert Benson, Robert Thurman, Howard Gardner, Daniel Goleman (2012). “MindScience: An East-West Dialogue”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

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  Hardship, Very Happy, Hardships And Success

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• Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.

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  Common Sense, Together, Today

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• Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility... Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.

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  Life, Spiritual, Keys

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

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• If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.

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  Helping Others, Suffering, Helping

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• Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

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  Contentment, Desire, 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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• Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable.

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  Inspirational, Life, Together

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• Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.

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  Country, Simple, Diversity

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• I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage that nature, to make it live within us, to leave room for it to develop. If on the contrary we use violence, it is as if we voluntarily obstruct the positive side of human nature and prevent its evolution.

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  Believe, Healing, Rooms

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• Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.

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  Mind, Progress, Quality

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• A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.

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  Determination, Kindness, Compassion

  Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out.

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  Caring, Opening Up, Focus

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• First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.

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  Buddhist, Inspiration, Firsts

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

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• We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling "I am of no value" is wrong. Absolutely wrong.

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  Essence, Feelings, Suffering

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• Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.

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  Trouble Maker, Troublemaker, Billions

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• There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

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  Buddhism, Meditation, Technique

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• I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness.

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  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living".

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• The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.

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  Happiness, Spiritual, Purpose

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.28, Penguin

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• Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.

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  Inspirational, Buddhist, Brother

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.14, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.

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  Spiritual, Compassion, Practice

  "Ocean of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living". Book by Dalai Lama, 1989.

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• If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.

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  Happiness, Thinking, Inner Peace

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• Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism. In this case, your compassion will remain as a humane response to suffering as long as beings continue to suffer.

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  Love, Real, Compassion

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