The simple recognition that everyone else wants to be happy and not to suffer, just as I do, serves as a constant… — Dalai Lama Action Copy Share Image
Death and dying provide a meeting-point between the Tibetan Buddhist and modern scientific traditions. I believe both have a great deal to… — Dalai Lama Believe Copy Share Image
Look at children... If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with… — Dalai Lama Angry Copy Share Image
If you're looking for work and have a choice of a job, choose a job that allows the opportunity for some creativity,… — Dalai Lama Choices Copy Share Image
I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend [with dignity, with honor]. — Dalai Lama Dignity Copy Share Image
Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because -realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop… — Dalai Lama Action Copy Share Image
It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a… — Dalai Lama Buddhism Copy Share Image
If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness. — Dalai Lama Comfort Copy Share Image
Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities. — Dalai Lama Attachment Copy Share Image
If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what… — Dalai Lama Clothings Copy Share Image
In our own case, we don't consider the loss of a monastery or a monument the end of our entire way of… — Dalai Lama Cases Copy Share Image
I think mischievous people always there, ... Some kind of perfect world, that is impossible. Accept that reality. (For) those people who… — Dalai Lama A perfect world Copy Share Image
In spiritual growth, it is important to avoid imbalances between academic or intellectual learning and practical implementation. Otherwise there is a danger… — Dalai Lama Academic Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is the most effective way of dealing with arguments; altruism and forgiveness bring humanity together so that no conflict, however serious,… — Dalai Lama Altruism Copy Share Image
To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy… — Dalai Lama Ability Copy Share Image
Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. — Dalai Lama Health Copy Share Image
It is very wrong for people to feel deeply sad when they lose some money, yet when they waste the precious moments… — Dalai Lama Feelings Copy Share Image
Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other's kindness, how can it be in ......the… — Dalai Lama Beginnings and ends Copy Share Image
Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time… — Dalai Lama Anger Copy Share Image
Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned. — Dalai Lama Abandoned Copy Share Image
Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment. — Dalai Lama Buddhism Copy Share Image
If we see pride among people who have no idea about Dharma, it is understandable. However, if afflictive emotions and haughtiness are… — Dalai Lama Dharma Copy Share Image
