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Dalai Lama Quotes about Compassion - Page 5

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Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.

Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.

Compassion, Unbiased, Recognition

The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships.

Spiritual, Compassion, Resilience

It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us - and the key here is constant familiarity. The nature of human thoughts and emotions is such that the more you engage in them, the more you consciously develop them, the more powerful they become.

Powerful, Compassion, Keys

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

Love Is, Compassion, Faces

When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves.

Compassion, Self, Benefits

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

Love, Compassion, Hatred

Dalai Lama XIV (2002). “Illustrated Teachings of the Dalai Lama”

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

Compassion, Genuine Concern, Rights

Your friend, your enemy, your neutral all are equal. Genuine compassion is unbiased.

Compassion, Enemy, Unbiased

Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else. The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.

Lying, Compassion, Reason Why

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

I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives.

Religious, Thinking, Compassion

If you make your best effort to be kinder, nurture compassion, make the world a better place, then you can say 'At least I've done my best.

Compassion, Best Effort, Done

Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.

Attitude, Compassion, Mind

Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.62, Penguin

I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.

Compassion, Practice, Giving

Peace must first be developed within an individual. And I believe that love, compassion, and altruism are the fundamental basis for peace. Once these qualities are developed within an individual, he or she is then able to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony. This atmosphere can be expanded and extended from the individual to his family, from the family to the community and eventually to the whole world.

Believe, Compassion, Community

The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion.

Compassion, Female, Affection

Source: www.buzzfeed.com

When a person is in a miserable situation, then, yes, it is difficult to develop genuine compassion toward others. That's why I find it difficult to say to poor people, "Please have compassion toward millionaires." That's not easy.

Compassion, People, Miserable

Source: www.worldreligionnews.com

Compassion is concern of others' well being.

Compassion, Well Being, Concern

Source: www.kpbs.org

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

Motivation, Kindness, Compassion

Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.190, Penguin

When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one's projections to change. As soon as our projections change, the attachment disappears, because that attachment was based solely on projection and expectation. It is possible to have compassion without attachment, and similarly, to have anger without hatred.

Friendship, Compassion, Attachment

Scientists are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.

Compassion, Hatred, Scientist

There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.

Love, Spiritual, Compassion

When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems

Gratitude, Attitude, Compassion

A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.

Wise, Men, Compassion

So long as space remains So long as sentient beings' Suffering remains I will remain In order to help, In order to serve.

Compassion, Order, Space

Dalai Lama (2016). “The Dalai Lama's Big Book of Happiness: How to Live in Freedom, Compassion, and Love”, p.18, Hampton Roads Publishing

Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness.

Responsibility, Heart, Compassion

Dalai Lama XIV (2009). “Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.48, ReadHowYouWant.com

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