“Joy can span from the pleasure of others’ good fortune, what Buddhists call mudita, to the pleasure in others’ misfortune, what the… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“We try so hard to separate joy and sorrow into their own boxes, but the Archbishop and the Dalai Lama tell us… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“The problem is that our world and our education remain focused exclusively on external, materialistic values. We are not concerned enough with… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Discovering more joy does not, I’m sorry to say,” the Archbishop added, as we began our descent, “save us from the inevitability… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“eight pillars of joy. Four were qualities of the mind: perspective, humility, humor, and acceptance. Four were qualities of the heart: forgiveness,… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“But in a surprising way, what the Archbishop and the Dalai Lama were saying is that the way we heal our own… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“the path of joy was connection and the path of sorrow was separation. When we see others as separate, they become a… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Our ability to cultivate joy has not been scientifically studied as thoroughly as our ability to cultivate happiness. In 1978, psychologists Philip… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“May all beings attain happiness. May all beings be free from suffering. May all beings never be separated from joy. May all… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“We create most of our suffering, so it should be logical that we also have the ability to create more joy. It… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“our greatest joy is lived in deep, loving, and generous relationships with others.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“I was beginning to see how central friendship, and relationship more generally, was in our experience of joy.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Adversity, illness, and death are real and inevitable. We chose whether to add to these unavoidable facts of life with the suffering… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Transforming the mind involves first learning to know it, then identifying how it functions so as to eliminate the three main mental poisons, which… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“In general, if we carefully examine any given situation in a very unbiased and honest way, we will realize that to a large extent… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training. Through training, we… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Live so when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“It is important to consider others at least as important as ourselves. This is the essence of spirituality.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“I maintain that Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism all hold up love as an ideal, seek to benefit… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Marriages, even the best ones—perhaps especially the best ones—are an ongoing process of spoken and unspoken forgiveness. •” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“You see, if there are no difficulties and you are always relaxed, then you complain more” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
