Dalai Lama Quotes And Sayings

We All Have To Live Together, So We Might As Well Live Together Happily.

The Best Way To Resolve Any Problem In The Human World Is For All Sides To Sit Down And Talk.

Generally Speaking, If A Human Being Never Shows Anger, Then I Think Something's Wrong. He's Not Right In The Brain.

Physical Comforts Cannot Subdue Mental Suffering, And If We Look Closely, We Can See That Those Who Have Many Possessions Are Not Necessarily Happy. In Fact, Being Wealthy Often Brings Even More Anxiety.

Because Of Lack Of Moral Principle, Human Life Becomes Worthless. Moral Principle, Truthfulness, Is A Key Factor. If We Lose That, Then There Is No Future.

In Order To Become Prosperous, A Person Must Initially Work Very Hard, So He Or She Has To Sacrifice A Lot Of Leisure Time.

Some Scientists Believe Climate Change Is The Cause Of Unprecedented Melting Of The North Pole, And That Effects These Very Uncertain Weather Patterns. I Think We Should Listen To Those Scientists And Experts.

Even An Animal, If You Show Genuine Affection, Gradually Trust Develops... If You Always Showing Bad Face And Beating, How Can You Develop Friendship?

More Compassionate Mind, More Sense Of Concern For Other's Well-being, Is Source Of Happiness.

Old Friends Pass Away, New Friends Appear. It Is Just Like The Days. An Old Day Passes, A New Day Arrives. The Important Thing Is To Make It Meaningful: A Meaningful Friend - Or A Meaningful Day.

Too Much Self-centered Attitude, You See, Brings, You See, Isolation. Result: Loneliness, Fear, Anger. The Extreme Self-centered Attitude Is The Source Of Suffering.

My Main Hope Is Eventually, In Modern Education Field, Introduce Education About Warm-heartedness, Not Based On Religion, But Based On Common Experience And A Common Sort Of Sense, And Then Scientific Finding.

Religion, Any Religion, No Matter What Sort Of Wonderful Religion, Never Be Universal. So Now Education Is Universal, So We Have To Sort Of Find Ways And Means Through Education System, From Kindergarten Up To University Level, To Make Awareness These Good Things, The Values, Inner Values.

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.

I Think The Self-burning Itself On Practice Of Non-violence. These People, You See, They Easily Use Bomb Explosive, More Casualty People. But They Didn't Do That. Only Sacrifice Their Own Life. So This Also Is Part Of Practice Of Non-violence.

The Basic Buddhist Stand On The Question Of Equality Between The Genders Is Age-old. At The Highest Tantric Levels, At The Highest Esoteric Level, You Must Respect Women: Every Woman.

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.

If You Have A Particular Faith Or Religion, That Is Good. But You Can Survive Without It.

Today, More Than Ever Before, Life Must Be Characterized By A Sense Of Universal Responsibility, Not Only Nation To Nation And Human To Human, But Also Human To Other Forms Of Life.

The Ultimate Authority Must Always Rest With The Individual's Own Reason And Critical Analysis.

We Can Never Obtain Peace In The Outer World Until We Make Peace With Ourselves.

I Always Believe The Rule By King Or Official Leader Is Outdated. Now We Must Catch Up With The Modern World.

Today Different Ethnic Groups And Different Nations Come Together Due To Common Sense.

I Am Just One Human Being.

Even When A Person Has All Of Life's Comforts - Good Food, Good Shelter, A Companion - He Or She Can Still Become Unhappy When Encountering A Tragic Situation.

I Describe Myself As A Simple Buddhist Monk. No More, No Less.

Conversion Is Not My Intention. Changing Religion Is Not Easy. You May Develop Some Kind Of Confusion Or Difficulties.

Wherever I Go Meeting The Public... Spreading A Message Of Human Values, Spreading A Message Of Harmony, Is The Most Important Thing.

I Became The Dalai Lama Not On A Volunteer Basis.

It Is Difficult To Violently Suppress People In The Long Run, As The Example Of The Soviet Union And The Eastern European Countries Has Shown.

I Have Always Had This View About The Modern Education System: We Pay Attention To Brain Development, But The Development Of Warmheartedness We Take For Granted.

My Religion Is Very Simple. My Religion Is Kindness.

Logically, Harmony Must Come From The Heart... Harmony Very Much Based On Trust. As Soon As Use Force, Creates Fear. Fear And Trust Cannot Go Together.

In Most Cases, My Visits To The West Are For Promotion Of Human Values And Religious Harmony.

Open-minded People Tend To Be Interested In Buddhism Because Buddha Urged People To Investigate Things - He Didn't Just Command Them To Believe.

All Religions Try To Benefit People, With The Same Basic Message Of The Need For Love And Compassion, For Justice And Honesty, For Contentment.

Death Means Change Our Clothes. Clothes Become Old, Then Time To Come Change. So This Body Become Old, And Then Time Come, Take Young Body.

As A Human Being, Anger Is A Part Of Our Mind. Irritation Also Part Of Our Mind. But You Can Do - Anger Come, Go. Never Keep In Your Sort Of - Your Inner World, Then Create A Lot Of Suspicion, A Lot Of Distrust, A Lot Of Negative Things, More Worry.

Of Course, When I Say That Human Nature Is Gentleness, It Is Not 100 Percent So. Every Human Being Has That Nature, But There Are Many People Acting Against Their Nature, Being False.

I Have Done One Thing That I Think Is A Contribution: I Helped Buddhist Science And Modern Science Combine. No Other Buddhist Has Done That. Other Lamas, I Don't Think They Ever Pay Attention To Modern Science. Since My Childhood, I Have A Keen Interest.

My Aim Is To Create A Happy Society With Genuine Friendship. Friendship Between Tibetan And Chinese Peoples Is Very Essential.

I Am Sometimes Sad When I Hear The Personal Stories Of Tibetan Refugees Who Have Been Tortured Or Beaten. Some Irritation, Some Anger Comes. But It Never Lasts Long. I Always Try To Think At A Deeper Level, To Find Ways To Console.

When We Meet Real Tragedy In Life, We Can React In Two Ways - Either By Losing Hope And Falling Into Self-destructive Habits, Or By Using The Challenge To Find Our Inner Strength. Thanks To The Teachings Of Buddha, I Have Been Able To Take This Second Way.

The Dalai Lama Is Just A Temporal Leader Of Tibet.

I Think Really, China, Chinese, I Think They Really Have A Long History Of Civilization, Rich Culture.

I Always Tell People That Religious Institutions And Political Institutions Should Be Separate. So While I'm Telling People This, I Myself Continue With Them Combined. Hypocrisy!

My Faith Helps Me Overcome Such Negative Emotions And Find My Equilibrium.

If You Have Religious Faith, Very Good, You Can Add On Secular Ethics, Then Religious Belief, Add On It, Very Good. But Even Those People Who Have No Interest About Religion, Okay, It's Not Religion, But You Can Train Through Education.

My Main Concern Is Meeting With Public Because My Main Commitment, Main Interest Is Promotion Of Human Value, Human Affection, Compassion And Religious Harmony.

There Are Techniques Of Buddhism, Such As Meditation, That Anyone Can Adopt.