You are the people who are shaping a better world. One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
No single Tibetan dreaming return of previous sort of backwardness, therefore as far as economy development is concerned, Tibet remain within the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we see pride among people who have no idea about Dharma, it is understandable. However, if afflictive emotions and haughtiness are… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. Then, when I meet people,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, 'Today I am happy because this morning I was angry.' On the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we develop concern for other people's welfare, share other people's suffering, and help them, ultimately we will benefit. If we think… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Therefore we have to make effort through well through every corner, media people, education sort of institution, and family, parents, everywhere. It… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We may now have reached a point where this gap in our make-up has become unsustainable; partly because what in the past… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Sometimes people feel mind is merely the - in some animal, the energy or something from the brain. Now there are little… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are many different kinds of power. True power comes from serving and helping others. Such behavior makes people respect you. They… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is no need to mention the great difference between the amount of satisfaction there is in just oneself being happy and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Everyone wants a happy life without difficulties or suffering. We create many of the problems we face. No one intentionally creates problems,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is a true feminist movement in Buddhism that relates to the goddess Tārā. Following her cultivation of bodhicitta, the bodhisattva's motivation,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
However capable and skillful an individual may be, left alone, he or she will not survive. When we are sick or very… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We are all here on this planet, as it were, as tourists. None of us can live here forever. The longest we… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Misunderstanding may arise by confusing the Buddhist and scientific definitions of death. Within the scientific system you spoke quite validly of the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Spend 5 minutes breathing in, cherishing yourself; and, breathing out cherishing others. If you think about people you have difficulty cherishing, extend… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is very wrong for people to feel deeply sad when they lose some money, yet when they waste the precious moments… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Many people think that patience is a sign of weakness. I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet. Practice cherishing the "simplest" person (clerks, attendants, etc) or people you dislike. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Many people and companies only have one goal: money, money, and more money. Greed is ok when you let others profit from… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I make small mistakes every day. But major mistakes? It doesn't seem so. I've examined my service to the Tibetan people and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
People need to climb the mountain not simple because it is there But because the soulful divinity needs to be mated with… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the very basis of peace and happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned. — Dalai Lama Copy Share
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share
Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth. — Dalai Lama Copy Share
We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good. — Dalai Lama Copy Share
There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
“So let us reflect on what is truly of value in life, what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorities on the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
