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Our greatest duty and our main responsibility is to help others. But please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.
Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.
We consider that the lives of all beings are just as precious as our own, and through this we develop a sense of concern for others.
Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.
Nothing comes into being without a cause and when all the conditions are created, there is nothing that can prevent the consequence.
Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.
We cannot overcome anger and hatred simply by suppressing them. We need to actively cultivate the antidotes: patience and tolerance.
From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.
The person who received maximum affection from mother, that person also sort of cultivated the potential showing affection to others.
We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha`s own words must be rejected.
Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.
I often tease young people about their concern for how they look; more important is inner beauty - compassion, affection and respect.
Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness instead.
By far the single greatest danger facing humankind - in fact, all living beings on our planet - is the threat of nuclear destruction.
I one individual human being. One of the seven billion human being. I believe each of us, our future depends on the rest of humanity.
Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.
When we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better.
I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether.
On those days when I can spend a few hours getting some understanding, I feel fulfilled. I feel as if I have made good use of my time.
If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. I am just one human being.
A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can't grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon.
How can we eliminate the deepest source of all unsatisfactory experience? Only by cultivating certain qualities within our mindstream.
We need an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without.
Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever
If we continue to approach problems from the perspective of temporary expediency, future generations will face tremendous difficulties.
One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.
The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.
Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.
If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.
Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.
If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much as you cherish yourself.
Your motivation should be sincere and your life should be of benefit to some people. That is the main thing. Don't care after my death.
As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation.
The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.
Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed.
Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship.
Without technology humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we don’t become so mechanised that we lose our human feelings.
A positive state of mind is not merely good for you, it benefits everyone with whom you come into contact, literally changing the world.
Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is fully evolved.
Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table.
If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.
So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.
Reality is devoid of any intrinsic identity that can be captured by any one single proposition - that is what Buddha meant by "voidness."
If you are honest, truthful, and transparent, people trust you. If people trust you, you have no grounds for fear, suspicion or jealousy.
Spiritually, yes, now many people knows Tibetans in spiritual field are very, very advanced but in material field is very, very backward.
I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.
The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be our mutual respect.
Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.