“Sometimes when I meet old friends, it reminds me how quickly time passes. And it makes me wonder if we've utilized our… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“...the very "purpose of life" - the goal of avoiding suffering and discovering happiness.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“One great question underlies our existence,” the Dalai Lama had said before the trip. “What is the purpose of life? After much… — 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
“Joy can span from the pleasure of others’ good fortune, what Buddhists call mudita, to the pleasure in others’ misfortune, what the Germans call… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“If you think only of yourself, if you forget the rights and well-being of others, or, worse still, if you exploit others, ultimately you… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“It seems that scientific research reaches deeper and deeper. But it also seems that more and more people, at least scientists, are beginning to… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
