Religious Quotes by Dalai Lama

I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text.

— Dalai Lama

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

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Religious belief is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness.

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Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

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I always emphasize that it is much safer and better to keep one's own religious faith. The other major religions are thousands…

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In my childhood, I had a religious assistant who always told me, if you can really laugh with full abandonment, it's very…

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I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives.

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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be…

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[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're…

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I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue…

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Perhaps our teachings seem less religious and more technical, like psychology, so they are easier for secular people to use.

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Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental…

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Any issue, including political, economic and religious activities human beings pursue in this world, should be fully understood before we pass our…

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Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed…

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We need to employ a secular approach to ethics, secular in the Indian sense of respecting all religious traditions and even the…

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My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and…

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Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able…

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My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common…

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The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people.…

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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be…

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Religion is important for humanity, but it should evolve with humanity. The first priority is to establish and develop the principle of…

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My call for a spiritual revolution is not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way…

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My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and…

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Warm-heartedne ss and concern for others’ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.

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World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.

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If a harmonious relationship is established amongst societies and religious beliefs in today's multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural world, then it will surely…

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I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important…

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Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not…

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Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same…

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More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of…

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I have observed that religious practice is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness itself. I have also suggested…

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I can do what my energy, my time, to my other sort of commitment. And then also emotional, religious harmony. So in…

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All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty,…

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If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But…

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...it becomes clear that, given our diversity, no single religion satisfies all humanity. ... And since the majority does not practice religion,…

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Those who like myself, consider themselves to be followers of Buddha, should practice as much as we can. To followers of other…

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It is my fundamental conviction that compassion - the natural capacity of the human heart to feel concern for and connection with…

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Some people automatically associate morality and altruism with a religious vision of the world. But I believe it is a mistake to…

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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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Sometimes religion becomes yet another source for more division and even open conflict. Because of that situation, I feel the different religious…

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