Dalai Lama XIV

“So actual blessing is received when the mind’s virtuous attributes gain strength and its defective characteristics weaken or deteriorate. The”

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“We create most of our suffering, so it should be logical that we also have the ability to create more joy. It…

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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.…

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“The key to happiness lies in strength of mind, inner serenity, and a quality like steadfastness. We can approach this by developing…

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“Without forgiveness, we remain tethered to the person who harmed us. We are bound to the chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped.…

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“As the Dalai Lama has described it, if we see a person who is being crushed by a rock, the goal is…

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“At the rational level, we accept that this is a serious problem that we have to deal with, but at the deeper,…

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“According to the Archbishop and the Dalai Lama, when we see how little we really need—love and connection—then all the getting and…

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“In many areas, too, people are having to deal with environmental problems and, with these, threats to their livelihood and worse. At…

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“I call the high and light aspects of my being SPIRIT and the dark and heavy aspects SOUL. Soul is at home…

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“In the frenzy of modern life we lose sight of the real value of humanity. People become the sum total of what…

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“Many of today's world leaders have great courage: the courage to do harm. The are ill-advised, too clever, or too skillful. I…

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“I asked the Dalai Lama what it was like to wake up with joy, and he shared his experience each morning. 'I…

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“My friend Gordon Wheeler, who is a psychologist, explains that grief is the reminder of the depth of our love. Without love,…

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“If we think only of ourselves, forget about other people, then our minds occupy very small area. Inside that small area, even…

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“They do not exist in their own right, but only have an existence dependent upon many factors, including a consciousness that conceptualizes…

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“For a considerable portion of humanity today, it is possible and indeed likely that one's neighbor, one's colleague, or one's employer will…

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“Initially, the positive emotions derived from cultivating our higher natures may be weak, but we can enhance them through constant familiarity, making…

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“We are but visitors on this planet. We are here for ninty or one hundred years at the very most. During that…

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“We gain true friends by having a kind heart and not deceiving people. The friends that we make when we have power,…

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“One of the most distressing predicaments any earnest, open-minded spiritual seeker might face is the sheer difficulty of choosing from among the…

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“One great question underlies our existence,” the Dalai Lama had said before the trip. “What is the purpose of life? After much…

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“Kindness is essential to mental peace. As you will see in the pages ahead, the central method for achieving a happier life…

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“The Buddha asks us to stop drifting thoughtlessly through our lives and instead to pay careful attention to simple truths that are…

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“Acceptance was the final pillar of the mind, and it led us to the first pillar of the heart: forgiveness. When we…

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“Bodhisattvas are referred to as enlightened “heroes” or “warriors.” They are highly altruistic beings who have the wisdom to realize that by…

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“any significant and lasting transformations of society require significant changes in the moral fiber of individual human beings; for as long as…

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“Then having seen all sentient beings as equal, with no difference between them, you should meditate on sentient beings to whom you…

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“Contemplate that, as long as you are too focused on your self-importance and too caught up in thinking about how you are…

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“There are many religions seeking to bring comfort and happiness to humanity, just as there are many treatments for a particular disease.…

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“Every human being has the same potential. Whatever makes you feel "I am worthless" is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself.…

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“Whether people are beautiful and friendly or unattractive and disruptive, ultimately they are human beings, just like oneself. Like oneself, they want…

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“the path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation. When we see others as separate, they become a…

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“All phenomena—causes and effects, agents and actions, good and bad—merely exist conventionally; they are dependent-arisings. Because phenomena depend upon other factors for…

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“Whether we will be able to achieve world peace or not, we have no choice but to work toward that goal. If…

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“The problem is that our world and our education remain focused exclusively on external, materialistic values. We are not concerned enough with…

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“The very best is being able to ask yourself, ‘Why do I want to have a house that has seven rooms when…

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“To practice tantra requires even greater compassion and greater intelligence than are required on the sutra path; thus, though many persons in…

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“In daily life we experience suffering more often than pleasure. If we are patient, in the sense of taking suffering voluntarily upon…

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“afflictions are classed as peripheral mental factors and are not themselves any of the six main minds [eye, ear, nose, tongue, body…

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