Dalai Lama Quotes About Awareness

• This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Spiritual

  "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology by and about the Dalai Lama" edited by Sidney Piburn, (p.52), 1990.

• Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Buddhism

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.14, Penguin Books India

• To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.

  Dalai Lama

  Awareness, Thousand, Oneself

  "The Path to Enlightenment".

• Once you develop confidence in your own ability, you'll be able to make a real contribution to creating a better world. Self-confidence is very important. Not in the sense of blind pride, but as a realistic awareness of what you can do. As human beings we can transform ourselves by our good qualities and reducing our faults. Our intelligence enables us to judge what is good from what is harmful.

  Dalai Lama

  Real, Self Confidence, Pride

• To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.

  Dalai Lama

  Practice, People, Perception

  Dalai Lama (1994). “The Path to Enlightenment”, p.114, Shambhala

• With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world. According to my own experience, self-confidence is very important. That sort of confidence is not a blind one; it is an awareness of ones own potential. On that basis, human beings can transform themselves by increasing the good qualities and reducing the negative qualities.

  Dalai Lama

  Confidence, Wise, Wisdom

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2013). “The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

• We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Regret, Compassion

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.237, Penguin Books India

• We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm subject to destructive emotions like anger and jealousy the same as you, but we all have potential for good too. However, our existing education system is oriented towards material development; neglecting inner values. Consequently we lack a clear awareness of the inner values that are the basis of a happy life.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Happy Life, Practice

• To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer.

  Dalai Lama

  Prayer, Meditation, Awareness

• A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.

  Dalai Lama

  Peaceful, Mind, Awareness

• Through awareness, you get a certain attitude. That's the way, you see, to achieve more peaceful, more compassion, more friendship through that way.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Compassion, Peaceful

• Compassion
  is not helpless
  pity, but an
  awareness and
  determination
  that demands
  action.

  Dalai Lama

  Determination, Compassion, Demand

• Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed.

  Dalai Lama

  Practice, Liberty, Path

• Although it is difficult to pinpoint the physical base or location of awareness, it is perhaps the most precious thing concealed within our brains. And it is something that the individual alone can feel and experience. Each of us cherishes it highly, yet it is private.

  Dalai Lama

  Brain, Location, Cherish

• Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity for judgment. For that, we cannot take out insurance; the insurance company is within: self-discipline, self-awareness, and a clear realization of the disadvantages of anger and the positive effects of kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Self, Discipline

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.9, Penguin Books India

• Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhism, Self, Discipline

• The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement.

  Dalai Lama

  Jealousy, Achievement, Overcoming

  "The Dalai Lama in Harvard". Book by Jeffrey Hopkins, 1988.

• Religion, any religion, no matter what sort of wonderful religion, never be universal. So now education is universal, so we have to sort of find ways and means through education system, from kindergarten up to university level, to make awareness these good things, the values, inner values.

  Dalai Lama

  Mean, Matter, Way

  "His Holiness Discusses Compassion, Science, Religion And Sleep (VIDEO)". Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 14, 2012.

• Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness.

  Dalai Lama

  Responsibility, Heart, Compassion

  Dalai Lama XIV (2009). “Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.48, ReadHowYouWant.com

• The invitation come from some institution who really involving so-called my own profession, these fields. And then different universities or education sort of institution, I feel that is the place where the awareness of these things to start and to spread a more human community. So then on that level, yes, I have some obligation.

  Dalai Lama

  Community, Fields, Different

  Source: www.kpbs.org

• It seems to me that self confidence and the ability to stand one's ground are essential if we want to succeed in life. I am not talking of stupid self-assurance but of an awareness of our inner potential, a certainty that we can always correct our behavior, improve ourselves, enrich ourselves, and that things are never hopeless

  Dalai Lama

  Stupid, Self Confidence, Talking

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