Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 42

• We must cultivate a universal responsibility toward each other and extend it to the planet that we have to share

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  Responsibility, Share, Planets

  Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever (2010). “My Spiritual Journey”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• The egotistical ambition to always want to earn more money harms both the company and the individual himself. That is the biggest weakness of many managers - the financial crisis has proven this.

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  Ambition, Weakness, Want

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• Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish. This is the only way to achieve salvation or nirvana.

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  Ignorance, Light, Roots

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• In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

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  Sacrifice, Order, Leisure

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• Our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others' happiness.

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  Impact, Others Happiness, Dimensions

  The Dalai Lama, Alexander Norman (2010). “Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium”, p.42, Hachette UK

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• Peace must first be developed within an individual. And I believe that love, compassion, and altruism are the fundamental basis for peace. Once these qualities are developed within an individual, he or she is then able to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony. This atmosphere can be expanded and extended from the individual to his family, from the family to the community and eventually to the whole world.

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  Believe, Compassion, Community

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• I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the person who has never experienced suffering. From this angle then, some suffering can be a good lesson for life.

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  Thinking, Suffering, Hardship

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

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• External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.

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  Mind, Suffering, Circumstances

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

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  Beautiful, Blue, Space

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• Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.""Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds.

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  Inspiring, Laughter, Thinking

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• People assume that happiness stems from collecting things outside of yourself, whereas true happiness stems from removing things from inside of yourself

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  Collecting Things, People, True Happiness

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• We may be different races and religions but we are all part of the same human family

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  Race, Different, May

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• Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is a 'me,' which is distinct from things, is a delusion.

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  Ideas, Ego, Delusion

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• I find that because of modern technological evolution and our global economy, and as a result of the great increase in population, our world has greatly changed: it has become much smaller. However, our perceptions have not evolved at the same pace; we continue to cling to old national demarcations and the old feelings of 'us' and 'them'.

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  Our World, Feelings, Perception

  The Dalai Lama, Nicholas Vreeland (2002). “An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life”, p.12, Hachette UK

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• More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource - when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, then we start to live spiritually.

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  Religious, Kindness, Appreciate

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• Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind.

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  Humanity, Mind, Needs

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• Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of our aspirations. Our need for them is not limited to any specific time, place, society, or culture.

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  Spiritual, Kindness, Heart

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• I really do not want to carry some kind of party function.

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  Party, Want, Kind

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health. Our human intelligence tells us which of our emotions are positive and helpful and which are damaging and to be restrained or avoided.

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  Inspirational, Happiness, Real

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• Although attempting to bring about world peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way.

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  World, Way, Transformation

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• Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality are only contingent. Reality is devoid of any intrinsic identity that can be captured by any one single proposition - that is what Buddha meant by "voidness." Therefore, Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.

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  Buddhism, Reality, Essence

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• There are so many things I could say about you but none of them can describe you fully. You are the beauty I was waiting for. The love of my life of whom I dreamed day and night.

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  I Love You, Night, Love Of My Life

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• 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.

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  Karma, Buddhist, Responsibility

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

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• A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives.

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  Smile, Spiritual, Important

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2013). “The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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• Ethics: The indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.

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  Desire, Ethics, Indispensable

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