Dalai Lama Quotes
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Loading ...Some of our favorite Quotes and Sayings by The Dalai Lama:
He is one of the greatest living saints but this is what he thinks of himself,
“I am a simple Buddhist monk – no more, no less.”
” Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.”
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
“A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.”
On and love and compassion, “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”
On Peace “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”
On happiness “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
“Whether we are rich or poor, educated or uneducated, whatever our nationality, color, social status, or ideology may be, the purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
” If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
” A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.”
” A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.”
” Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion. One must try to escape from the darkness of ignorance and suffering, and seek the light of Enlightenment.”
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
” We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.”
His Great Advice: ” Spend some time alone every day.”
“Sleep is the best meditation.”
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
“Buddhism does not accept a theory of God, or a creator. According to Buddhism, one’s own actions are the creator, ultimately. Some people say that, from a certain angle, Buddhism is not a religion but rather a science of mind. Religion has much involvement with faith. Sometimes it seems that there is quite a distance between a way of thinking based on faith and one entirely based on experiment, remaining skeptical. Unless you find something through investigation, you do not want to accept it as fact. From one viewpoint, Buddhism is a religion, from another viewpoint Buddhism is a science of mind and not a religion. Buddhism can be a bridge between these two sides. Therefore, with this conviction I try to have closer ties with scientists, mainly in the fields of cosmology, psychology, neurobiology and physics. In these fields there are insights to share, and to a certain extent we can work together.”
” 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.”
” As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility towards others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than we found it.”
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[...] Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival. ~ Dalai Lama Quotes [...]