Dalai Lama Quotes About Belief

• A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting. If we maintain obsolete values and beliefs, a fragmented consciousness and self-centered spirit, we will continue to hold onto outdated goals and behaviors.

  Dalai Lama

  Thinking, Self, Goal

• If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality. By learning from science about aspects of reality where its understanding may be more advanced, I believe that Buddhism enriches its own worldview.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Believe, Buddhism

  "Our Faith in Science" by Dalai Lama, www.nytimes.com. November 12, 2005.

• If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhism, Belief, Prove

  The New York Times, November 12, 2005.

• My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.

  Dalai Lama

  Criminals, Belief, Death Penalty

• Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.

  Dalai Lama

  Wisdom, Religious, Compassion

• Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring happiness of peace of mind to oneself and automatically create a positive atmosphere.

  Dalai Lama

  Caring, Compassion, Feelings

• Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For others, no Creator. The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.

  Dalai Lama

  Teaching, Buddhism, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Be a good human being, a
  warmhearted, affectionate person.
  That is my fundamental belief.

  Dalai Lama

  Fundamentals, Belief, Affectionate

• The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the atmosphere around us. But if our emotions fluctuate wildly and we easily give in to hatred and jealousy, even our friends will avoid us. So even for people with no spiritual beliefs, it is important to have a peaceful mind.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Attitude, Giving

• Religious belief is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Atheism, Belief

• My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit of reconciliation. However, I believe that a human being, without religious faith, can be a very good person - sincere, a good heart, having a sense of concern for others - without belief in a particular religious faith.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Believe, Heart

• If you have only education and knowledge and a lack of the other side, then you may not be a happy person, but a person of mental unrest, of frustration. Not only that, but if you combine these two, your whole life will be a constructive and happy life. And certainly you can make immense benefit for society and the betterment of humanity. That is one of my fundamental beliefs: that a good heart, a warm heart, a compassionate heart, is still teachable.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Heart, Happy Life

• If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

  Dalai Lama

  Views, People, Miracle

• It is my belief that whereas the twentieth century has been a century of war and untold suffering, the twenty-first century should be one of peace and dialogue. As the continued advances in information technology make our world a truly global village, I believe there will come a time when war and armed conflict will be considered an outdated and obsolete method of settling differences among nations and communities.

  Dalai Lama

  War, Believe, Technology

• Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Selfishness, Belief

• Whether someone believes something or not, believer or non-believer, as long as you are a member of the human family, you need warm human feeling, warmhearted feeling.

  Dalai Lama

  Believe, Long, Feelings

• If a harmonious relationship is established amongst societies and religious beliefs in today's multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural world, then it will surely set a very good example for others.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, Example, World

• It is my fundamental belief that all human beings share the same basic aspirations: that we all want hapiness and that we all share suffering. Asians, just like Americans, Europeans, and the rest of the world, share a desire to live life to its fullest, to better ourselves and the lives of our loved ones.

  Dalai Lama

  Live Life, Suffering, Desire

• If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.

  Dalai Lama

  Religious, People, Add

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

• There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions, because there is such a large variety of dispositions. I believe that each individual should embark upon a spiritual path that is best suited to his or her mental disposition, natural inclination, temperament, belief, family and cultural background.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Believe, Thinking

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