Dalai Lama XIV Quotes
Dalai Lama XIV Quotes
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
3921Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
1357 Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
2992 The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival.
3476 The more you are motivated by Love,
The more Fearless & Free your action will be.
3229 We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
2226 There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.
4688 Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.
3263 Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
1169 If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
3313 If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.
1687 To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness.
4976 Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience.
3401 The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
2960 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
2690 If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
4814 Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.
2215 I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I’m not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I’m not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks.
1874 A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
3861 Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.
1389 Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
1553 Teile dein Wissen, so erlangst du Unsterblichkeit.
3426 Skepsis wirft Fragen auf, die zu Nachforschungen führen. Das ist sehr hilfreich, um neue Dinge zu entwickeln.
4531 My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
1750 This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.
4166 The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
2369 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.
3743 Love is the absence of judgment.
4177 People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
4569 The ultimate source of comfort and peace is within ourselves.
3871 Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
4802 It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.
1368 World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.
2735 Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
4862 When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.
2151 Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in our
society. If we are truly serious about this, we must deal with the
roots of violence, particularly those that exist within each of us. We
need to embrace 'inner disarmament,' reducing our own emotions of
suspicion, hatred and hostility toward our brothers and sisters.
3688 Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.
2244 In many areas, too, people are having to deal with environmental problems and, with these, threats to their livelihood and worse. At the same time, many others are struggling t get by in the face of inequality, corruption, and injustice.
4340 The theory of emptiness…is the deep recognition that there is a fundamental disparity between the way we perceive the world, including our own existence in it, and the way things actually are.
3059 Wenn du verlierst, verliere nicht den Lerneffekt.
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