Quotes By Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
Dalai Lama
Jul 06, 1935 - present
The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.
In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.
Life can be pleasant or miserable. To lead a fruitful life, and to make it positive, practice analytical meditation.
The practicing of loving kindness toward one's enemy is the ultimate test of one's own spiritual attainment.
Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is fully evolved.
Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards others.
Self-rule means that China must stop its intensive effort to colonize Tibet with Chinese settlers and must allow Tibetans to hold responsible positions in the government of Tibet.
I believe that at every level of society - familial, tribal, national and international - the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion. We do not need to become religious, nor do we need to believe in an ideology. All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities.
There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.
It is also possible within this lifetime to enhance the power of the mind, enabling one to reaccess memories from previous lives. Such recollection tends to be more accessible during meditative experiences in the dream state. Once one has accessed memories of previous lives in the dream state, one gradually recalls them in the waking state.
We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.
My confidence in venturing into science lies in my basic belief that as in science so in Buddhism, understanding the nature of reality is pursued by means of critical investigation.
With the ever-growing impact of science on our lives, religion and spirituality have a greater role to play by reminding us of our humanity. There is no contradiction between the two. Each gives us valuable insights into the other. Both science and the teachings of the Buddha tell us of the fundamental unity of all things. This understanding is crucial if we are to take positive and decisive action on the pressing global concern with the environment.
Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.
Some say I am a good person, some say I am a charlatan - I am just a monk... I never asked people like Richard Gere to come, but it is foolish to stop them. I have Tibetans, Indians, backpackers, AIDS patients, religious people, politicians, actors and princesses. My attitude is to give everyone some of my time. If I can contribute in any way to their happiness, that makes me happy.
I don't want to convert people to Buddhism. All major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.
Marriages, even the best ones - perhaps especially the best ones - are an ongoing process of spoken and unspoken forgiveness.
Wherever you have friends, that's your country, and wherever you receive love, that's your home.
The three factors that seem to have the greatest influence on increasing our happiness are our ability to reframe our situation more positively, our ability to experience gratitude, and our choice to be kind and generous.
Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.
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