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Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 10

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I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right attitude toward others based on kindness, compassion, love and respect.

I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right attitude toward others based on kindness, compassion, love and respect.

Spiritual, Attitude, Kindness

"The Dalai Lama In Depth". "Yoga Journal" Interview, No. 90, (p. 51), January - February 1990.

Happiness is the highest form of health.

Form, Highest

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

I don't take myself too seriously! That makes me happy.

Make Me Happy

Source: www.worldreligionnews.com

Don't become a Buddhist. The world doesn't need Buddhist. Do practice Compassion. The world needs more compassion.

Buddhist, Compassion, Practice

The world will be saved by the western woman.

Humility, Balance, World

"The Dalai Lama’s Amazing Proclamation to Women!" by Ariane de Bonvoisin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2009.

The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's why it's important for us to examine our motivation in our day to day life. If we cultivate respect for others and our motivation is sincere, if we develop a genuine concern for others’ well-being, then all our actions will be positive.

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

Compassion, Essence, Suffering Of Others

Dalai Lama (2012). “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World”, p.11, Random House

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance

Inspirational, Ignorance, Darkness

His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2009). “Becoming Enlightened”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to get rid of suffering, and everyone has the basic right to do this. In this way, all here are the same, whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, Easterner or Westerner, believer or non-believer, and within believers whether Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and so on. Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value we are all the same.

Christian, Buddhist, Real

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

"Partying for the Planet and Dancing With God (at Burning Man)" by Leah Lamb, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

The deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to think strongly and forcefully, 'I can do it,' without boasting or fretting.

Thinking, Roots, Essentials

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

Trust, Wisdom, Peace

There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality.

Wise, Wisdom, Peace

We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests into account. Co-operation comes from friendship, friendship comes from trust, and trust comes from kind-heartedness. Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.

Wise, Bullying, Cheating

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter.

Giving, Feelings, Insecurity

Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people. As human beings, our purpose is to live meaningful lives, to develop a warm heart. There is meaning in being everyone's friend. The real source of peace amongst our families, friends and neighbours is love and compassion.

Meaningful, Religious, Real

I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.

Inspirational, Religious, Compassion

Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

Forgiveness, Adversity, Forgiving

His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.17, Penguin Books India

Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need.

Responsibility, Needs, Helping

Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and look back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

Inspirational, Happiness, Age

Destructive thoughts and emotions undermine the very causes of peace and happiness. If you think clearly about it, it makes no sense to think you’re seeking happiness, if you do nothing to restrain angry, spiteful, and malicious thoughts and emotions.

Thinking, Causes, Emotion

When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion.

Inspirational, Compassion, Needs

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

Hurt, Buddhism, Helping Others

Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys. Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow there. The rivers flow like warm syrup. They empty into huge oceans of soul.

Ocean, Flower, Home

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