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Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 42

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...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

Meditation, Mind, Delight

His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.77, Penguin Books India

External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.

Mind, Suffering, Circumstances

When seen from outer space, our beautiful blue planet has no national boundaries.

Beautiful, Blue, Space

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.""Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds.

Inspiring, Laughter, Thinking

People assume that happiness stems from collecting things outside of yourself, whereas true happiness stems from removing things from inside of yourself

Collecting Things, People, True Happiness

We must cultivate a universal responsibility toward each other and extend it to the planet that we have to share

Responsibility, Share, Planets

Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever (2010). “My Spiritual Journey”, p.16, Harper Collins

We may be different races and religions but we are all part of the same human family

Race, Different, May

Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is a 'me,' which is distinct from things, is a delusion.

Ideas, Ego, Delusion

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'.

Our World, Feelings, Perception

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

More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource - when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, then we start to live spiritually.

Religious, Kindness, Appreciate

Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind.

Humanity, Mind, Needs

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.

I Love You, Night, Love Of My Life

Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of our aspirations. Our need for them is not limited to any specific time, place, society, or culture.

Spiritual, Kindness, Heart

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

Party, Want, Kind

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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.

Buddhism, Reality, Essence

Source: www.motherjones.com

Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health. Our human intelligence tells us which of our emotions are positive and helpful and which are damaging and to be restrained or avoided.

Inspirational, Happiness, Real

Although attempting to bring about world peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way.

World, Way, Transformation

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.

Karma, Buddhist, Responsibility

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

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

Smile, Spiritual, Important

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

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.

Relationship, Sister, Wise

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

Desire, Ethics, Indispensable

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

Mother, Should Have, Oneness

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.

Mind, Trying, Wake Up

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

Thinking, Humanity, Seven

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

Humanity, Special, Share

Source: www.kpbs.org

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