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Interview in The New York Times (28 November 1993).
Reason well from the beginning and then there
will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.
The Path to Enlightenment (1994)
ISBN
1559390328
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
As quoted in Meditations for Living In Balance: Daily Solutions for People Who Do Too
Much (2000) by Anne Wilson Schaef, p. 11.
Within the body there are billions of dierent
particles. Similarly, there are many dierent
thoughts and a variety of states of mind. It is
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All living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them.
From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and freedom and wants to
avoid suering. In this we are all the same;
and the more we care for the happiness of others the greater our own sense of each other becomes. Many of our problems are created by ourselves based on divisions due to ideology, religion,
race, resources, economic status or other factors.
The time has come to think on a deeper, more human level and appreciate and respect our sameness
as human beings. And to have a respect for endangered cultures that share these principles. We are
at the dawn of an age in which many people feel
that extreme political concepts should cease to dominate human aairs. We should use this opportunity to replace them with universal human and spiritual values and ensure that these values become the
ber of the global family that is emerging. It is not
possible to nd peace with anger, hatred, jealousy
or greed. At every level of society, familial, tribal,
national and international, the key to a happier and
more peaceful and successful world is the growth of
compassion. We do not necessarily need to become
religious, nor even believe in an ideology. We need
only to develop our good human qualities and know
that love and compassion are the most essential concepts for human survival. So long as human beings
live and suer, the only world open to our present
knowledge, the brotherhood of man will seem an
unattainable principle. In order for us to achieve real
lasting peace among one another, the eort to realize that noblest and most satisfactory moral value
must be occupation of every individual intelligence.
The Compassionate Life (2001) Ch. 3 Global
Compassion.
According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of
their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them. So our future is in our own
hands. What greater free will do we need?
Answering the question: Do sentient beings
have free will?" in Dzogchen : The Heart
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Essence of the Great Perfection (2001) ISBN
155939157X
We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it then no politician or even a magician
can save the planet.
As quoted in Words Of Wisdom: Selected
Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2001) All major religious traditions carry basically the same message,
edited by Margaret Gee, p. 49.
that is love, compassion and forgiveness... the important thing is
they should be part of our daily lives.
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The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the
name of religion, culture, countries, dierent political or economic systems...
The time has come to educate people, to cease all welfare of all human beings, and in particular the poor and the
quarrels in the name of religion, culture, coun- weak to the best of my ability without any distinction based on
tries, dierent political or economic systems. national boundaries.
Fighting is useless. Suicide.
News conference in Vancouver, B.C. as quoted
in The Globe and Mail. (8 September 2006).
Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened.
If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take
counter-measures.
On the killing of al-Queda terrorist leader
Osama bin Laden by US military forces,
as quoted in Dalai Lama suggests Osama
bin Ladens death was justied by Mitchell
Landsberg, in The Los Angeles Times (4 May
2011).
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I agree with and believe in the Communist ideology which seeks the well being of human beings
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I believe all suering is caused by ignorance.
People inict pain on others in the selsh pursuit of
their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness
comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment,
which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selshness and greed.
The problems we face today, violent conicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger, and so on,
are human-created problems which can be resolved
through human eort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood.
We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for
one another and the planet we share. Although I
have found my own Buddhist religion helpful in generating love and compassion, even for those we consider our enemies, I am convinced that everyone
can develop a good heart and a sense of universal
responsibility with or without religion.
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I pray for all of us, oppressor and friend, that together we succeed in building a better world through
human understanding and love, and that in doing so
we may reduce the pain and suering of all sentient
beings.
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Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not aect your deep sense of peace and tranquility.
Today, we are truly a global family. What happens in one part of the world may aect us all.
This, of course, is not only true of the negative things
that happen, but is equally valid for the positive developments. We not only know what happens elsewhere, thanks to the extraordinary modern communications technology. We are also directly aected
by events that occur far away.
Our own security is enhanced when peace breaks
out between warring parties in other continents.
But war or peace; the destruction or the protection of nature; the violation or promotion of human
rights and democratic freedoms; poverty or material well-being; the lack of moral and spiritual values
or their existence and development; and the breakdown or development of human understanding, are
not isolated phenomena that can be analysed and
tackled independently of one another. In fact, they
are very much interrelated at all levels and need to
be approached with that understanding.
Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with
oneself and with the world around us can only
be achieved through the development of mental
peace.
Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace,
the external problems do not aect your deep
sense of peace and tranquility. In that state of
mind you can deal with situations with calmness and
reason, while keeping your inner happiness. That is
very important. Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may
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The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology by and about the Dalai Lama (1990) edited by
Sidney Piburn ISBN 8120815122
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can be a bridge between these two sides. Therefore, with this conviction I try to have closer ties with
scientists, mainly in the elds of cosmology, psychology, neurobiology and physics. In these elds
there are insights to share, and to a certain extent we
can work together.
The Nobel Evening Address p. 115.
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1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for
others and Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them
properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your
values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
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Misattributed
Instructions for Life
These statements were falsely attributed to the Dalai
Lama in an email hoax. They actually derive from
advice in Lifes Little Instruction Book: 511 suggestions, observations, and reminders on how to live
a happy and rewarding life (1991) by H. Jackson
Brown, Jr; More information is available on the hoax
at Snopes.com
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older
and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second
time.
12. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the
current situation. Don't bring up the past.
13. Share your knowledge. Its a way to achieve immortality.
14. Be gentle with the earth.
15. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
16. Remember that the best relationship is one in which
your love for each other exceeds your need for each
other.
17. Judge your success by what you had to give up in
order to get it.
18. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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in the present or the future; he lives as if he is
never going to die, and then dies having never
really lived.
Original text:
What surprises you most about mankind?"
God answered:
That they get bored of being children, are in
a rush to grow up, and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make
money and then lose their money to restore
their health. That by thinking anxiously about
the future, they forget the present, such that
they live neither for the present nor the future.
That they live as if they will never die, and they
die as if they had never lived.
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Successful people
The planet does not need more successful
people. The planet desperately needs more
peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers,
and lovers of all kinds. -- Facebook image
meme
Original:
The plain fact is that the planet does not need
more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every kind. It
needs people who live well in their places. It
needs people of moral courage willing to join
the ght to make the world habitable and humane. And these qualities have little to do
with success as our culture has dened it. -David W. Orr, Earth in Mind: On Education,
Environment, and the Human Prospect (ISBN
1559632941)
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee press release awarding the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
The world has shrunk. Increasingly peoples and nations have grown dependent on one another. No one
can any longer act entirely in his own interest. It is
therefore imperative that we should accept mutual
responsibility for all political, economic, and ecological problems.
In view of this, fewer and fewer people would
venture to dismiss the Dalai Lamas philosophy as
utopian: on the contrary, one would be increasingly
justied in asserting that his gospel of nonviolence is
the truly realistic one, with most promise for the future. And this applies not only to Tibet but to each
and every conict. The future hopes of oppressed
millions are today linked to the unarmed battalions,
for they will win the peace: the justice of their demands, moreover, is now so clear and the normal
strength of their struggle so indomitable that they
can only temporarily be halted by force of arms.
In awarding the Peace Prize to H.H. the Dalai Lama
we arm our unstinting support for his work for
peace, and for the unarmed masses on the march in
many lands for liberty, peace and human dignity.
Nobel Peace Prize presentation speech by Egil
Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel
Committee.
I don't think China will negotiate. I think they are
waiting for the Dalai Lama to die... The Chinese
government feels he symbolizes the entire independence movement, and when he is gone, it will go
away.
Tenzin Choegyal, brother of Tenzin Gyatzo, in
The Private Dalai Lama by Ron Gluckman,
in AsiaWeek magazine (10 May 1996).
Theres no question that His Holiness is my root
guru, and hes been quite tough with me at times.
I've had to explain to people who sometimes have
quite a romantic vision of His Holiness that at times
hes been cross with me, but it was very skillful. At
the moment he did it, I'm not saying it was pleasant for me, but there was no ego attachment from
his side. I'm very thankful that he trusts me enough
to be the mirror for me and not pull any punches.
Mind you, the rst meetings were not that way; I
think he was aware how fragile I was and was being
very careful. Now I think he senses that my seriousness about the teachings has increased and my own
strength within the teachings has increased. He can
be much tougher on me.
Richard Gere, in My Journey as a Buddhist
an interview with Melvin McLeod in Shambhala Sun (May 1999).
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Foundation for
the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
Tenzin Gyatso at the ocial Nobel Prize site.
Nobel lecture (11 December 1989)
Compassion and the Individual by Tenzin Gyatso
His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Tibet.com
Biography at Tibet.com.
XIVth Dalai Lama visits Harvard (September
2003)
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The Private Dalai Lama by Ron Gluckman
His Holiness the Dalai Lama at LamRim.com Tibetan Buddhist Internet Radio
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