Education Quotes by Dalai Lama

I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text.

— Dalai Lama

Our enemies are our greatest teachers.

— Dalai Lama

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

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An enemy is indeed a precious teacher.

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My enemy is my greatest teacher.

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We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance,…

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My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.

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Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are.

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Perhaps our teachings seem less religious and more technical, like psychology, so they are easier for secular people to use.

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If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world.

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Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.

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It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.

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When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget to educate their hearts.

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My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience…

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Therefore we have to make effort through well through every corner, media people, education sort of institution, and family, parents, everywhere. It…

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To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and…

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If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But…

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Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect…

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Without religion, also there is a way, it could be this way, through education, through scientific findings, then you get conviction. Not…

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Your education tends to develop the brain while it neglects the heart, so you have a longing for teachings that develop and…

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Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance,…

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We need to employ a secular approach to ethics, secular in the Indian sense of respecting all religious traditions and even the…

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Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action & effort. Learning & education…

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We have to think and see how we can fundamentally change our education system so that we can train people to develop…

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Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time…

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Education is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. Compassion and peace of mind bring a sense of confidence…

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Americans are interested because they are open-minded. They have an education system that teaches them to find out for themselves why things…

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Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs…

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In spiritual growth, it is important to avoid imbalances between academic or intellectual learning and practical implementation. Otherwise there is a danger…

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Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.

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We can only transform humanity and create a happier more compassionate world through education.

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I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness…

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One country ... one ideology, one system is not sufficient. It is helpful to have a variety of different approaches ... We…

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Whatever the intellectual quality of the education given our children, it is vital that it include elements of love and compassion, for…

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It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand…

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Education is the best way to train ourselves that we will secure our own well-being by concerning ourselves with others. It is…

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Religion, any religion, no matter what sort of wonderful religion, never be universal. So now education is universal, so we have to…

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Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For…

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One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education as if it is there to simply make…

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In Buddhism, both learning and practice are extremely important, and they must go hand in hand. Without knowledge, just to rely on…

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