Dalai Lama Quotes About Karma

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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

• Delusions are states of mind which, when they arise within our mental continuum, leave us disturbed, confused and unhappy. Therefore, those states of mind which delude or afflict us are called 'delusions.'

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Confused, Mind

• All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Karma, Religious

  "Especially for Christians: Powerful Thought-provoking Words from the Past" by Mark Alton Rose, (p. 19), 2005.

• Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Karma, Peace

• When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Buddhist, Acceptance

  "Be Happy the Dalai Lama Way" by Corine Gatti, www.beliefnet.com.

• If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Faith, Religious

• Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Wisdom, Buddhist

• Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Believe, Principles

• When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Karma

• From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all of life is material and originated out of pure chance

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Karma, Views

• Irrespective of whether we are believers or agnostics, whether we believe in God or karma, moral ethics is a code which everyone is able to pursue.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Karma, Spiritual

• Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Karma, Buddhist

• Be gentle with the earth.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Buddhist, Environmental

• From a Buddhist point of view, the actual experience of death is very important. Although how or where we will be reborn is generally dependent on karmic forces, our state of mind at the time of death can influence the quality of our next rebirth. So at the moment of death, in spite of the great variety of karmas we have accumulated, if we make a special effort to generate a virtuous state of mind, we may strengthen and activate a virtuous karma, and so bring about a happy rebirth.

  Dalai Lama

  Death, Karma, Buddhist

• The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Buddhist, Responsibility

  Dalai Lama (2009). “For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.23, Shambhala Publications

• Spend some amount of time alone everyday.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Everyday, Alone Time

• The immediate source of a mind... must be a mind which existed before the conception took place; the mind must have a continuity from a previous mind. This we hold to prove the existence of a past life.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Past, Mind

• The way of presentation is different according to each religion. In theistic religions like Buddhism, Buddhist values are incorporated. In nontheistic religions, like some types of ancient Indian thought, the law of karma applies. If you do something good, you get a good result. Now, what we need is a way to educate nonbelievers. These nonbelievers may be critical of all religions, but they should be decent at heart.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Buddhist, Heart

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 1, 2006.

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