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Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 49

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Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.

Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.

Mean, Clothes, Body

Because past environmental destruction was the result of ignorance, we can easily forgive it. Today, we are better informed. Therefore, it's essential that we make an ethical examination of what we have inherited, what we are responsible for, and what we will pass on to coming generations. Ours is clearly a pivotal generation. We have global communication and yet confrontation is more common than dialogue.

Communication, Ignorance, Past

We all have the potential to be better than we are.

Growth

The key point is kindness. With kindness one will have inner peace. Through inner peace, world peace can one day be a reality.

Kindness, Reality, Keys

Peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace.

Inner Peace, World, Individual

The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.

Lying, Foundation, Needs

Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

Genuine happiness and compassion go hand in hand.

Compassion, Hands, Genuine Happiness

Once we have a firm practice of compassion our state of mind becomes stronger which leads to inner peace, giving rise to self-confidence, which reduces fear. This makes for constructive members of the community. Self-centredness on the other hand leads to distance, suspicion, mistrust and loneliness, with unhappiness as the result.

Distance, Loneliness, Self Confidence

The question of real, lasting world peace concerns human beings, so basic human feelings are also at its roots. Through inner peace, genuine world peace can be achieved. In this the importance of individual responsibility is quite clear; an atmosphere of peace must first be created within ourselves, then gradually expanded to include our families, our communities, and ultimately the whole planet.

Real, Responsibility, Roots

"Inner Peace, World Peace : Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence". Book by Kenneth Kraft, p. 2, 1992.

The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement.

Jealousy, Achievement, Overcoming

"The Dalai Lama in Harvard". Book by Jeffrey Hopkins, 1988.

Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know the reality, the good and the bad, not just the appearance.

Reality, Should Have, Elephants

"Dalai Lama Laughs Off China's Criticism". News conference in Vancouver, www.theglobeandmail.com. September 08, 2006.

Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.

Teaching, Feelings, Criticism

His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.94, Shambhala Publications

Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.

Mean, Thinking, Compassion

For material progress and physical well being, peace of mind is of utmost importance.

Mind, Progress, Importance

The most important thing is to have a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for each of our fellow human beings.

Responsibility, Commitment, Important

It seems that for some people the idea of compassion entails a complete disregard for or even a sacrifice of their own interests. This is not the case. In fact, you first of all have to have a wish to be happy yourself - if you don't love yourself like that, how can you love others?

Love You, Sacrifice, Compassion

Compassion is something we can count on. Even if we face economic problems and our fortunes decline, we can still share our compassion with our fellow human beings. National and global economies are subject to many ups and downs, but through them all we can retain a compassionate attitude that will carry us through.

Attitude, Compassion, Faces

The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.

Happy Life, Rights, Needs

Peace is the Only Way for the survival of Humanity

Humanity, Survival, Way

All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.

Rights, Want, Peace And Happiness

We know that to wage a nuclear war today, for example, would be a form of suicide; or that to pollute the air or the oceans in order to achieve some short-term benefit would be to destroy the very basis for our survival.

Suicide, War, Ocean

His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.136, Penguin Books India

It is a question of our own peace and mental stability.

Peace, Stability, Mental Stability

The immediate source of a mind... must be a mind which existed before the conception took place; the mind must have a continuity from a previous mind. This we hold to prove the existence of a past life.

Karma, Past, Mind

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

Buddhist, Simple, Monk

Dalai Lama, Thubten Chodron (2017). “Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions”, p.319, Simon and Schuster

True friends share genuine closeness and remain friends irrespective of fluctuating fortunes.

True Friend, Share, Fortune

His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2000). “The Transformed Mind: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness”, p.25, Penguin UK

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