Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Through constant familiarity, we can definitely establish new behavior patterns, using our tendency to form habits to our advantage. If we make… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The most compassionate form of giving is done with no thought or expectation of reward, and grounded in genuine concern for others. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We have to have some form of politics. Politics is a form of resolving conflicts. Politics which comes from sincere motivation is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We know that to wage a nuclear war today, for example, would be a form of suicide; or that to pollute the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of happiness - the temporary pleasure derived primarily from material comfort alone and another more enduring comfort that… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Criminals, people who commit crimes, usually society rejects these people. They are also part of our society. Give them some form of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Since form is emptiness and emptiness is form, then instead of a hand grasping at nothing, it is better to grasp at… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
China can keep her troops on the external frontiers of Tibet, and Tibetans will pledge to accept the appropriate form of union… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
