Emotion Quotes by Dalai Lama

Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

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The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.

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We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace…

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Use your human intelligence in the best way you can; transform your emotions in a positive way.

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Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.

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Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship.

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One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

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Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions.

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Destructive thoughts and emotions undermine the very causes of peace and happiness. If you think clearly about it, it makes no sense…

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If you have a great deal of knowledge, but you're governed by negative emotions, then you tend to use your knowledge in…

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Peace in the world depends on peace in the hearts of individuals; this depends on each of us practising ethics by disciplining…

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Afflictive emotions - our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear - can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are…

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Values are related to our emotions, just as we practice physical hygiene to preserve our physical health, we need to observe emotional…

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So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to…

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There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our…

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If we see pride among people who have no idea about Dharma, it is understandable. However, if afflictive emotions and haughtiness are…

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If you have peace of mind, when you meet with problems and difficulties they won’t disturb your inner peace. You’ll be able…

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It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort,…

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Although we are all the same in not wanting problems and wanting a peaceful life, we tend to create a lot of…

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Like anyone else, I too have the potential for violence; I too have anger in me. However, I try to recall that…

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We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated…

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The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger -…

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Mentally, physically and emotionally we are the same. We each have the potential to good and bad and to be overcome by…

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Although you can find certain differences among the Buddhist philosophical schools about how the universe came into being, the basic common question…

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So long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.

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My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

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To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.

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The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.

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When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.

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Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is…

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As human beings we have the same experience of destructive and constructive emotions. We also have a human mind capable of developing…

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One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless…

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As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is…

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We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm…

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Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an…

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When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive…

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We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think…

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Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves…

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Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able…

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The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the…

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