Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 46

• I think many people knows what I am thinking. The whole world knows I am not seeking independence, therefore is many Tibetan disappointed, and also some of our supporters - many Indians, many Europeans, many Americans are also disappointed because I am not seeking independence.

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  Thinking, People, Independence

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the atmosphere around us. But if our emotions fluctuate wildly and we easily give in to hatred and jealousy, even our friends will avoid us. So even for people with no spiritual beliefs, it is important to have a peaceful mind.

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  Spiritual, Attitude, Giving

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• Initially, terrorism was a certain mixture of politics, economics, and religion. Now, it seems that terrorism is more individual and done to avenge personal grudges. So there are two kinds of terrorism.

  Dalai Lama

  Two, Done, Mixtures

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 1, 2006.

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• Happiness in simplicity can be achieved with a flexible mindset and nine hours sleep each night.

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  Happiness, Sleep, Night

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• Each individual has a universal responsibility to shape institutions to serve human needs.

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  Hero, Responsibility, Needs

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• We have always been a nation different from the Chinese. Long ago we fought wars with them.

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  War, Long Ago, Chinese

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Depression seems to be related to fear, anger and frustration. When you're in a bad mood, even if you meet with your friends, you don't take pleasure in their company. But when you're in a good mood, even if things go wrong, you can cope with them without difficulty. This is why putting yourself in a good mood, making a point of developing a sense of loving kindness gives you greater inner strength.

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  Kindness, Frustration, Giving

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• Just give food without showing affection, [animals] might not get sort of 100% satisfaction. So they also, you see, when we human beings, we show affection, the poor animal also respond to us.

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  Animal, Giving, Might

  Source: www.kpbs.org

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• My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of concern for others. We need to nurture it. Scientists have found that to ensure even physical health peace of mind is essential. People often think that love and compassion are only matters of religious concern, but in fact such values are necessary in all human relations

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  Love, Religious, Buddhist

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• When invitation come, then I inquire just to see new place or seeing just the one sort of family, then not much interest.

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  Interest, Invitations, New Places

  Source: www.kpbs.org

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• We must not lose our trust in the power of truth. Everything is always changing in the world.

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  World, Loses

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• If your mind is scattered, it is quite powerless.

  Dalai Lama

  Mind, Ifs, Powerless

  Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2007). “How to See Yourself As You Really Are”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• In order to develop the willpower it takes to sacrifice, you must first realize that spending all your time and energy pursuing material comforts means you will eventually suffer. It's all about positive and negative consequences. It's very important to be aware that there are long-term consequences [for every action].

  Dalai Lama

  Mean, Sacrifice, Order

  Source: www.worldreligionnews.com

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• The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.

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  Buddhism, Negation, Absolutes

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Maybe, just maybe, I would like to become a real spiritual teacher, a working lama!

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  Spiritual, Teacher, Real

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because its aim is to help others.

  Dalai Lama

  Helping Others, Black, Violence

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• I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.

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  Buddhism, Humans, Promoting

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• One who is caught in thought loses one's original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions. When he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it.

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  Failing, Description, Caught

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• The invitation come from some institution who really involving so-called my own profession, these fields. And then different universities or education sort of institution, I feel that is the place where the awareness of these things to start and to spread a more human community. So then on that level, yes, I have some obligation.

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  Community, Fields, Different

  Source: www.kpbs.org

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• If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make, or others' opinion of us, or the success of some project we're involved in, sooner or later we're bound to be battered by life's inevitable changes. After all, money comes and goes, and thus is an unstable source of self-esteem, an unreliable foundation upon which to build our identity.

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  Self Esteem, Others Opinions, Identity

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• I have three commitments. Number one commitment is promotion of human value. Number two commitment is promotion of race harmony. Number three commitment is about Tibet. My retirement is the third commitment. The previous two commitments, to my death, I have committed.

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  Retirement, Commitment, Numbers

  Source: www.opti-mystical.com

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• A lot of problems we are facing, essentially, man made problem. Own creation. Not due to lack of intelligence.

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  Men, Problem, Creation

  Source: www.kpbs.org

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• I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute.

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  Peace, War, Divine Wisdom

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• If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Attitude, Atmosphere

  "Why We Behave". Book by Maurice Cayem, p. 92, 2009.

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• Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.

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  Animal, People, Satisfaction

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