The Tibetans are good at learning many skillful ways to show that everything we do becomes dharma practice, depending on which kind… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana. — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
Enlightenment occurs when your mind merges with nirvana, with what Tibetans call the Dharmakaya, the clear light of reality, which is the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Self-rule means that China must stop its intensive effort to colonize Tibet with Chinese settlers and must allow Tibetans to hold responsible… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, "Oh, good… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
If you want to do your best for future generations of humanity, for your friends and family, you must begin by taking… — Tarthang Tulku Copy Share Image
At the museum a troubled woman destroys a sand painting meticulously created over days by Tibetan monks. The monks are not disturbed.… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
Mentally, physically and emotionally we are the same. We each have the potential to good and bad and to be overcome by… — 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
A Tibetan Lama said to me, "The best place to stand, Ram Dass, is halfway between hope and hopelessness." So I can… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Because my main concern is the Tibetan Buddhist culture, not just political independence, I cannot seek self-rule for central Tibet and exclude… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Well you know, the comic strip [Doctor Strange]... yeah, was an Asian man, in fact, a very ancient Tibetan man living on… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
The mystery school continued throughout the greater Egyptian civilization, which was the second age of humankind and later on into the third… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning… — Jaime King Copy Share Image
A page from a journal of modern experimental physics will be as mysterious to the uninitiated as a Tibetan mandala. Both are… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I teach Zen, tantric mysticism, jnana yoga, bhakti yoga, Tibetan mysticism, occultism and psychic development. I also teach poetry and literature, film… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
[The Dalai Lama ] says Western traditions can teach Tibetans a lot about social action, and he thinks some Christians are very… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
The teachings of Tibetan Buddhism have been passed down for a long time now. They have that system pretty well figured out. — Adam Yauch 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
My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Developing concern for others, thinking of them as part of us, brings self-confidence , reduces our sense of suspicion and mistrust, and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father gave me a copy of 'Seven Years in Tibet,' and that's what turned me on to Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
In Tibetan, we say people who have good windhorse have the sense they can accomplish what they want to do. — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
The person who is tormenting the Tibetans feels they have to get rid of the Tibetans in order to be happy. — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
Spiritually, yes, now many people knows Tibetans in spiritual field are very, very advanced but in material field is very, very backward. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It's much easier for me to say that, the kind of music I didn't listen to was pretty much that. I mean… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“there’s no word in the Tibetan language for “creativity” or “being creative.” The closest translation is “natural.” — David Kelley Copy Share Image
“One of my favorite Tibetan sayings is “Even if you’re going to die tomorrow, you can learn something tonight.” — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
When Tibetan lamas die they stay in a realization of clear light nature of the mind for several days or weeks. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
I think Dogen can be a very good introduction for people who want to meditate in whatever way, whether it's yoga, qigong,… — Kazuaki Tanahashi Copy Share Image
Western Tibetan Buddhists are always looking out there at the distant snow peaks and they lose the flowers along the path. — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore;… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
![“When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, "Oh, good Tibetans, bad Chinese." Those were the black-and-white ways that I thought.” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e0f/pico-iyer-1252_black_when-i-was-two-years-old-i-heard-about-h_2364775.png)
![“Well you know, the comic strip [Doctor Strange]... yeah, was an Asian man, in fact, a very ancient Tibetan man living on the top of a mountain. The film script that I was given wasn't an Asian man, so I wasn't asked to play an Asian man - I was asked to play an ancient Celtic person.” quote by Tilda Swinton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1ac/tilda-swinton-4434_ancient_well-you-know-the-comic-strip-doctor-str_814104.png)
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