Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 35

• We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.

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  Inspirational, Humanity, Suffering

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• It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.

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  Inspiring, Children, Heart

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• You must not procrastinate. Rather, you should make preparations so that even if you did die tonight, you would have no regrets. If you develop an appreciation for the uncertainty and imminence of death, your sense of the importance of using your time wisely will get stronger and stronger.

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  Appreciation, Regret, Procrastination

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• Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.

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  Buddhist, Attitude, Needs

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• The truly good gaze upon everything with love and understanding.

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  Inspiration, Understanding

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• Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible.

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  Peace, Self, World

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• One country ... one ideology, one system is not sufficient. It is helpful to have a variety of different approaches ... We can then make a joint effort to solve the problems of the whole of humankind.

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  Education, Country, Learning

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.65, Shambhala Publications

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• As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.

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  Irritation, Worry, Mind

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• Responsibility - moral responsibilities, responsibilities regarding society - these are things that come from the heart.

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  Heart, Responsibility, Moral

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• Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.

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  Strength, Self Confidence, Calm Mind

  "What The Dalai Lama Thinks Of The Mindful Revolution". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 26, 2014.

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• True change is within; leave the outside as it is.

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  Spiritual, Buddhist, Positive Thinking

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Jeffrey Hopkins (2003). “How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• Our attitude towards suffering becomes very important because it can affect how we cope with suffering when it arises.

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  Attitude, Suffering, Important

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.105, Penguin

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• Material development alone does not yield genuine inner peace.

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  Yield, Inner Peace, Doe

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• Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life

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  Real, Compassion, Success In Life

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• The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

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  Men, Should Have, Important

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• Forgiveness is the most effective way of dealing with arguments; altruism and forgiveness bring humanity together so that no conflict, however serious, will go beyond the bounds of what is truly human.

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  Happiness, Humanity, Together

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• One of the expressions of Western over-reliance on technology can be seen in the lack of patience in industrial society. When you deal with technology, everything happens at the touch of a button. This conditions you to become so impatient that when you have an emotional or personal crisis, you don't allow time for the solution to take effect. This leads to all sorts of rash responses, like quarrels, fights and so on.

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  Time, Fighting, Technology

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• As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics of a human being.

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  Inspirational, Unique, Our World

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• On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. ... In the Buddhist investigation of reality, at least in principle, empirical evidence should triumph over scriptural authority, no matter how deeply venerated a scripture may be.

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  Inspirational, Buddhist, Philosophical

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.151, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Treat each person as you would an old friend.

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  Old Friends, Massage, Treats

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• Even modern medical researchers have come to the conclusion that peace of mind is vital for good health.

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  Mind, Medical, Modern

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• I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind.

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  Mind, Suffering, Habit

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• It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise of our intelligence may have destructive results.

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  Exercise, Important, May

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• Appreciate how rare and full of potential your situation is in this world, then take joy in it, and use it to your best advantage.

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  Appreciate, Joy, Use

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2009). “Becoming Enlightened”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.

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  Scare, Nothing To Lose, Loses

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