Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 27

• We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one time or another. Therefore, it is likely that all beings in this universe have familial connections.

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  Numbers, Parent, Connections

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• Laughing in full abandonment is very good for your health.

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  Laughing, Abandonment, Very Good

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• If you want change, create the causes.

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  Want, Causes, Ifs

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• 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.

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  Wisdom, Religious, Compassion

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• Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children don�t usually act in such a manner. If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with that person the following day.

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  Life, Spiritual, Children

  Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

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  Peace, Negative, Emotion

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• Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities.

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  Letting Go, Attachment, Passionate Desire

  Dalai Lama XIV (1995). “My Tibet”, p.11, Univ of California Press

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• It is important to have determination and optimism and patience. If you lack patience, even when you face some small obstacle, you lose courage. There is a Tibetan saying, "Even if you have failed at something nine times, you have still given it effort nine times." I think that's important. Use your brain to analyze the situation. Do not rush through it, but think. Once you decide what to do about that obstacle, then there's a possibility that you will achieve your goal.

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  Inspirational, Graduation, Determination

  Emory University commencement speech, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1998.

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• Anger is the real destroyer of our good human qualities; an enemy with a weapon cannot destroy these qualities, but anger can. Anger is our real enemy.

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  Inspirational, Real, Cancer

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• Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend on others and others depend on us, our outlook will change. We’ll begin to see 'others' not as somehow distant from us, but as people we are in touch with, people close to us; we will no longer feel indifferent to them.

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  Change, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• Peace does not come through prayer, we human beings must create peace.

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  Prayer, Doe, Humans

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• I always tell my Western friends that it is best to keep your own tradition. Changing religion is not easy and sometimes causes confusion. You must value your tradition and honor your own religion.

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  Spiritual, Confusion, Honor

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

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  Karma, Wisdom, Buddhist

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• We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.

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  Honesty, Mind, Needs

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• Once a year go somewhere you have never been before.

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  Travel, Years, Travel The World

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• I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits will result, not only for ourselves, but also for the society to which we belong. I generally refer to this sort of love and affection as a universal religion. Everyone needs it, believers as much as non-believers. This attitude constitutes the very basis of morality.

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  Attitude, Loving Nature, Needs

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• It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Views

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• No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. We have the same basic human needs and concerns. All of us human beings want freedom and the right to determine our own destiny as individuals and as peoples. That is human nature.

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  Destiny, Suffering, Trying

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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• The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others.

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  Care, Way, Interest

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• The more we feel concern for others and seek their well-being, the more friends we will have and the more welcome we will feel.

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  Concern For Others, Welcome, Well Being

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• It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends.

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  Real, Expression, Affection

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• Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

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  Spiritual, Religious, Kindness

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

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• Without your own effort it is impossible for blessings to come.

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  Blessing, Effort, Impossible

  Dalai Lama (2005). “The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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• This generation has a responsibility to reshape the world. Start the task even if it will not be fulfilled in your lifetime. Even if it seems hopeless now, never give up. Offer a positive vision, with enthusiasm and joy, and an optimistic outlook.

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  Giving Up, Optimistic, Responsibility

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• The two most important things to remember in business are: to be aware of the consequential impact on ecology, and a caring relationship between employer and employee.

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  Caring, Impact, Two

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