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Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 11

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Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come.

Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come.

Resentment, Misery, Vengeance

True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time.

Inspirational, Wisdom, Attitude

Always engage yourself positively with situations.

Situation, Positively

If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much as you cherish yourself.

Focus, Humanity, Gains

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

Positive, Uplifting, Positivity

Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions

Compassion, Ideas, Littles

In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it is now commonplace for people of dissimilar world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It is a matter of great urgency, therefore, that we find ways to cooperate with one another in a spirit of mutual acceptance and respect.

Respect, Buddhist, Buddhism

It is important to reflect on the kindness of others. Every aspect of our present well-being is due to others' hard work. The buildings we live and work in, the roads we travel, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat, are all provided by others. None of them would exist but for the kindness of so many people unknown to us.

Kindness, Hard Work, Clothes

The purpose of life is to be happy.

Purpose, Life Is, Purpose Of Life

The Dalai Lama (1997). “Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective”, p.50, Shambhala

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Love, Karma, Buddhist

Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power.

Heart, Genuine Friends, Warm

There should be pluralism - the concept of many religions, many truths. But we must also be careful not to become nihilistic.

Pluralism, Should, Be Careful

Source: www.motherjones.com

Spend 5 minutes breathing in, cherishing yourself; and, breathing out cherishing others. If you think about people you have difficulty cherishing, extend your cherishing to them anyway.

Buddhist, Thinking, Breathing

When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters.

Happiness, Brother, Laughter

I want to say, without hesitation, the purpose of our life is happiness.

Purpose, Want, Life Is

Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance of physical hygiene to physical health, to ensure healthy minds, we need to learn some kind of emotional hygiene.

Wisdom, Buddhist, Fear

The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.

War, Blood, Century

If you concern yourself mainly with others, the broader your thinking becomes, and life’s inevitable difficulties disturb you less.

Thinking, Inevitable, Difficulty

Instead of harboring fear and suspicion we need to think of other people not as ‘them’ but ‘us’.

Thinking, People, Needs

World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

Life, Spiritual, Peace

It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put.

Mind, Ends, States

All sentient beings have the seed of the Buddha within them.

Spiritual, Seeds, Sentient Beings

Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same way we do. Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer. So let's take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion.

Inspirational, Helping Others, Compassion

The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.

Pride, Helping Others, Attachment

His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.135, Penguin Books India

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

Attitude, Loneliness, Self

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