Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The highest happiness is when one reaches the stage of liberation, at which there is no more suffering. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is a wonderful thing if one can use one's place of work as a place of spiritual practice as well. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One of the basic points is kindness. With kindness, with love and compassion, with his feeling that is the essence of brotherhood,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
By setting our motivation strongly in the morning when our mind is fresh and clear, we are much more likely to remember… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I really feel that some people neglect and overlook compassion because they associate it with religion. Of course, everyone is free to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
People once considered that religions were obsolete and that material science would solve all human problems. Then they have become disillusioned with… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Peace in the world depends on peace in the hearts of individuals; this depends on each of us practising ethics by disciplining… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
For the rest of your life to be as meaningful as possible, engage in spiritual practice if you can. It is nothing… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Our lives are in constant flux, which generates many predicaments. But when these are faced with a calm and clear mind supported… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
My call for a spiritual revolution is not a call for a religious revolution. Nor is it a reference to a way… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Man surprised me most about humanity.Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The practicing of loving kindness toward one's enemy is the ultimate test of one's own spiritual attainment. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Maybe, just maybe, I would like to become a real spiritual teacher, a working lama! — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I believe deeply that we must find a new spirituality... in such a way that all people of good will could adhere… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is...a tendency to think of the spiritual life as primarily introspective, divorced from the concerns of everyday life…Faith that does not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I have observed that religious practice is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness itself. I have also suggested… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves. When we worry less about ourselves an experience of our own suffering… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Up to now my involvement in the Tibetan freedom struggle has been part of my spiritual practice, because the issues of the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions, because there is… — 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
