Dalai Lama Quotes About Earth

• Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Dream, Spiritual

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1989.

• The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivational, Spiritual, Buddhist

  "Dzogchen: Heart Essence of the Great Perfection" by Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, 2004.

• We share the earth not only with our fellow human beings, but with all the other creatures.

  Dalai Lama

  Nature, Travel, Environmental

• I don't know whether the universe, with its countless galaxies, stars and planets, has a deeper meaning or not, but at the very least, it is clear that we humans who live on this earth face the task of making a happy life for ourselves. Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Stars, Happy Life

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Mother, Technology

  Dalai Lama XIV (1995). “My Tibet”, p.80, Univ of California Press

• Be gentle with the earth.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Buddhist, Environmental

• The only clear thing is that we humans are the only species with the power to destroy the earth as we know it. The birds have no such power, nor do the insects, nor does any mammal. Yet if we have the capacity to destroy the earth, so, too, do we have the capacity to protect it.

  Dalai Lama

  Bird, Mammals, Doe

• When seen from outer space, our beautiful blue planet has no national boundaries.

  Dalai Lama

  Beautiful, Blue, Space

• The most important thing in life is human affection.
  Without it one cannot achieve genuine happiness.
  And if we want a happier life, a happier family, happier neighbours
  or a happier nation, the key is inner quality.
  Even if the five billion human beings that inhabit the earth become
  millionaires, without inner development there cannot be peace
  or any lasting happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Things In Life, Lasting Happiness, Keys

• Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to humanitarian values. Destruction of nature and nature's resources result from ignorance, greed and lack of respect for the earth's living things.

  Dalai Lama

  Ignorance, Commitment, Greed

  Dalai Lama XIV (1995). “My Tibet”, p.80, Univ of California Press

• The earth is not just our environment. The earth is our mother.

  Dalai Lama

  Mother, Earth, Environment

• The process of dying begins with the dissolution of the elements within the body. It has eight stages, beginning with the dissolution of the earth element, then the water, fire and windelements. The color: appearance of a white vision, increase of the red element, black near-attainment, and finally the clear light of death.

  Dalai Lama

  Death, Fire, Eight

• Our love could change the orbit of the earth. So, if a meteor ever comes hurtling towards earth with the guarantee of destruction, top scientists may call on us to, well, you know, do it like crazy for the sake of humankind.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Crazy, Orbit

• According to accounts of the Buddha's life, it would seem that he had a very deep relationship with nature. He was not born in the royal palace but in a park, under a sala tree. He attained complete enlightenment under the bodhi tree and left this earth to enter Parinirvana, again, between three sala trees. It would seem that the Buddha was very fond of trees.

  Dalai Lama

  Tree, Enlightenment, Royal Palaces

• Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility to act; we must do so before it is too late.

  Dalai Lama

  Nature, Responsibility, Animal

  The Dalai Lama (2009). “Worlds in Harmony”, p.42, ReadHowYouWant.com

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