Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 43

• I really do not want to carry some kind of party function.

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  Party, Want, Kind

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• A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives.

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  Smile, Spiritual, Important

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2013). “The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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• Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality are only contingent. Reality is devoid of any intrinsic identity that can be captured by any one single proposition - that is what Buddha meant by "voidness." Therefore, Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

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  Buddhism, Reality, Essence

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• The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it.

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  Karma, Buddhist, Responsibility

  Dalai Lama (2009). “For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.23, Shambhala Publications

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• As soon as I wake up I pay homage to the Buddha, and I try to prepare my mind to be more altruistic, more compassionate, during the day to come so I can be of benefit to beings. Then I do physical exersice - I walk on a treadmill.

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  Mind, Trying, Wake Up

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• I find that because of modern technological evolution and our global economy, and as a result of the great increase in population, our world has greatly changed: it has become much smaller. However, our perceptions have not evolved at the same pace; we continue to cling to old national demarcations and the old feelings of 'us' and 'them'.

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  Our World, Feelings, Perception

  The Dalai Lama, Nicholas Vreeland (2002). “An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life”, p.12, Hachette UK

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• There are so many things I could say about you but none of them can describe you fully. You are the beauty I was waiting for. The love of my life of whom I dreamed day and night.

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  I Love You, Night, Love Of My Life

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• My own share making contribution [to the the well-being of humanity]. So I never feel I am something special.

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  Humanity, Special, Share

  Source: www.kpbs.org

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• Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.

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  Desire, Ethics, Indispensable

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• All beings come from a mother's womb. We should have a clear realization of the oneness of all humanity.

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  Mother, Should Have, Oneness

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• With a basic understanding of all humans as brothers and sisters, we can appreciate the usefulness of different systems and ideologies that can accommodate different individuals and groups with different cultural heritages, having different dispositions and tastes. Each person has the right to choose whatever is most suitable, on the basis of a deep understanding of all others as brothers and sisters.

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  Relationship, Sister, Wise

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• In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena.

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  Ignorance, Buddhism, Self

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• Anger, pride and competence are our real enemies.

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  Real, Pride, Enemy

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• Every sort of seven billion human being have to think about the well-being of humanity.

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  Thinking, Humanity, Seven

  Source: www.kpbs.org

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• I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn't take it for granted here in exile.

  Dalai Lama

  Appreciation, Buddhism, Granted

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• I could justify violence only in this extreme case, to save the last living knowledge of Buddhism itself.

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  Buddhism, Lasts, Violence

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• The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance.

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  Heart, Hatred, Tolerance

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• Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhism, Blind, Discouraging

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• I am basically optimistic.

  Dalai Lama

  Optimistic

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• We don't need to respond with desperate violence.

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  Needs, Violence, Desperate

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• My responsibility is to save Tibet, to protect its ancient cultural heritage.

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  Responsibility, Heritage, Ancient

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• Different people describe me in a different ways. Some describe me as the living Buddha. Nonsense. Some describe me as 'God-king.' Nonsense. Some consider me as a demon or a wolf in Buddhist robes. That also, I think nonsense.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Kings, Thinking

  Source: www.opti-mystical.com

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• I do not want to carry any public position.

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  Want, Position

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• Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards others.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Responsibility, Commitment

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.89, Penguin

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• I do not judge the universe.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Judging, Do Not Judge

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