Dalai Lama Quotes About Anxiety

• Nowadays, we are confronted by a huge gap between rich and poor. This is not only morally wrong, but practically a mistake. It leads to the rich living in anxiety and the poor living in frustration, which has the potential to lead to more violence. We have to work to reduce this gap. It's truly unfair that some people should have so much while others go hungry.

  Dalai Lama

  Mistake, Frustration, Should Have

• If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience. On the other hand, if someone is suffering from depression, anxiety, or any form of emotional distress, then even if he or she happens to be enjoying physical comforts, he will not really be able to experience the happiness that these could bring.

  Dalai Lama

  Being Happy, Pursuit Of Happiness, Emotional

• One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others. When we succeed in this, we find that the scale of our own problems diminishes. This is not to say we should ignore our own needs altogether, but rather that we should try to remember others' needs alongside our own, no matter how pressing ours may be

  Dalai Lama

  Self, Focus, Anxiety

  The Dalai Lama (2012). “The Essence Of Wisdom”, p.54, Hachette UK

• Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think either that the other's pain may somehow be a cause of happiness for themselves or that their own happiness is more important, regardless of what pain it may cause. But this is shortsighted. No one truly benefits from causing harm to another sentient being. . . . . In the long run causing others misery and infringing their rights to peace and happiness result in anxiety, fear, and suspicion within oneself.

  Dalai Lama

  Running, Pain, Thinking

• Education is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society. Compassion and peace of mind bring a sense of confidence that reduce stress and anxiety, whereas anger and hatred come from frustration and undermine our sense of trust. Because of ignorance, many of our problems are our own creation. Education, however, is the instrument that increases our ability to employ our own intelligence.

  Dalai Lama

  Trust, Education, Confidence

• Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

  Dalai Lama

  Anxiety, Suffering, Comfort

• One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.

  Dalai Lama

  Self, Focus, Anxiety

• In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

  Dalai Lama

  Anxiety, Facts, Wealthy

  Source: www.worldreligionnews.com

• Yet even the rich have their own kind of suffering, anxiety, doubt, and fear. So in many cases, wealthy people aren't happy! And once those with material wealth encounter small difficulties, their amount of mental suffering is sometimes bigger than it is for those who have faced such difficulties every day.

  Dalai Lama

  People, Anxiety, Doubt

  Source: www.worldreligionnews.com

• This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued by unremitting anxiety . It becomes more and more imperative that the life of the spirit be avowed as the only firm basis upon which to establish happiness and peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Anxiety, Bears, Spirit

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.132, Penguin Books India

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