Properly Understanding Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

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

“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

“our ability to reframe our situation more positively”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“The fourth and final circuit is “our ability to be generous.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“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

“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

“Live so when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“It is important to consider others at least as important as ourselves. This is the essence of spirituality.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“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

“Marriages, even the best ones—perhaps especially the best ones—are an ongoing process of spoken and unspoken forgiveness. •”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“You see, if there are no difficulties and you are always relaxed, then you complain more”

— Dalai Lama XIV

“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift.”

— Dalai Lama XIV