“There is perhaps nothing more joyous than birth, and yet so much of life is spent in sadness, stress, and suffering.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“In spite of difficulties and suffering, you can remain firm and maintain your composure” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“...the very "purpose of life" - the goal of avoiding suffering and discovering happiness.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Suffering is inevitable, they said, but how we respond to that suffering is our choice. Not even oppression or occupation can take… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“It is our suffering that is the most basic element that we share with others, the factor that unifies us with all… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“In accepting that suffering is a part of your daily existence, you could begin by examining the factors that normally give rise… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Motivated by compassion for all sentient beings, Buddha Shakyamuni observed all these problems, and he reflected on the nature of his own… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Adversity, illness, and death are real and inevitable. We chose whether to add to these unavoidable facts of life with the suffering… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“In daily life we experience suffering more often than pleasure. If we are patient, in the sense of taking suffering voluntarily upon… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“I asked the Dalai Lama what it was like to wake up with joy, and he shared his experience each morning. 'I… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Transforming the mind involves first learning to know it, then identifying how it functions so as to eliminate the three main mental poisons, which… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“In general, if we carefully examine any given situation in a very unbiased and honest way, we will realize that to a large extent… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training. Through training, we… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Live so when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“It is important to consider others at least as important as ourselves. This is the essence of spirituality.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“I maintain that Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism all hold up love as an ideal, seek to benefit… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Marriages, even the best ones—perhaps especially the best ones—are an ongoing process of spoken and unspoken forgiveness. •” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“You see, if there are no difficulties and you are always relaxed, then you complain more” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Joy can span from the pleasure of others’ good fortune, what Buddhists call mudita, to the pleasure in others’ misfortune, what the Germans call… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“If you think only of yourself, if you forget the rights and well-being of others, or, worse still, if you exploit others, ultimately you… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“It seems that scientific research reaches deeper and deeper. But it also seems that more and more people, at least scientists, are beginning to… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
