Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 41

• Children are our greatest untapped resource.

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  Children, Childhood, Resources

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• Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind

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  Inspirational, Mind, Destroyers

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• Within the framework of the Buddhist Path, reflecting on suffering has tremendous importance because -realizing the nature of suffering, you will develop greater resolve to put an end to the causes of suffering and the unwholesome deeds which lead to suffering. And it will increase your enthusiasm for engaging in the wholesome actions and deeds which lead to happiness and joy.

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  Buddhist, Joy, Suffering

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• One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

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  Love, Compassion, Hatred

  Dalai Lama XIV (2002). “Illustrated Teachings of the Dalai Lama”

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• Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human being. The important thing is to realize the positive side and try to increase that; realize the negative side and try to reduce. That's the way.

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  Inspiration, Important, Trying

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• From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

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  Adversity, Values

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• It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

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  Mistake, Keys, Giving

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• I hope that at this moment you are thinking of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary.

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  Loyalty, Country, Thinking Of You

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2011). “How to Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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• We are the creators of our own happiness and suffering, for everything originates in the mind.

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  Mind, Suffering, Creator

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• Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is fully evolved.

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  Mind, Emotion, States

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• The colors of light are infinite through refraction, yet they all come from the same source. Thus I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul, nor fail to identify with the most virtuous.

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  Light, Color, Soul

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• Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.

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  Attitude, Compassion, Mind

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.62, Penguin

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• Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.

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  Life, Spiritual, Believe

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• The most important thing is practice in daily life; then you can
  know gradually the true value of religion. Doctrine is not meant for
  mere knowledge, but for the improvement of our minds. In order to do
  that, it must be part of our life. If you put religious doctrine in
  a building and when you leave the building depart from the practices,
  you cannot gain its value.

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  Religious, Order, Practice

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.94, Shambhala Publications

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• Consciousness will always be present, though a particular
  consciousness may cease. For example, the particular tactile
  consciousness that is present within this human body will cease when
  the body comes to an end. Likewise, consciousnesses that are
  influenced by ignorance, by anger or by attachment, these too will
  cease. But the basic, ultimate, innermost subtle consciousness will
  always remain. It has no beginning, and it will have not end.

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  Ignorance, Attachment, Body

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• One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about
  it or not: what is the purpose of life? From the moment of birth
  every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering.
  Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this.
  >From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.
  Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the
  greatest degree of happiness.

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  Inspirational, Happiness, Thinking

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.270, Penguin Books India

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• ...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

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  Meditation, Mind, Delight

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.77, Penguin Books India

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• Patience as we wait to take action is a kind of compassionate mind. Impatience on the other hand can be a source of failure.

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  Hands, Waiting, Mind

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• Without freedom, creativity cannot flourish. The right to freedom is crucial to progress in any society; and the context is having a sense of global responsibility.

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  Buddhist, Freedom, Creativity

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• The purpose of life is to increase the warm heart.

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  Heart, Purpose, Life Is

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• The right way to deal with mental unhappiness must be within the mind too. On an emotional level, anger, fear and worry bring unhappiness. Scientists say they eat into our immune system. On the other hand, we are also equipped with a sense of affection and compassionate concern for the well-being of others.

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  Emotional, Hands, Worry

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• I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.

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  Compassion, Practice, Giving

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• Our most valuable teachers are our enemies.While our friends can help us in many ways, only our enemies can provide us with the challenge we need to develop tolerance, patience, and compassionthree virtues essential for building character, developing peace of mind, and bringing us true happiness.

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  Teacher, Character, Challenges

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• According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them. So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?

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  Buddhism, Destiny, Hands

  Dalai Lama (2004). “Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection”, Snow Lion Publication

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• Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness.
  They are signs of strength.

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  Tolerance, Weakness, Should

  Dalai Lama XIV (2009). “Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.64, ReadHowYouWant.com

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