Top 25 Quotes by Dalai Lama of 1488 - Page 46

We must not lose our trust in the power of truth. Everything is always changing in the world.

We must not lose our trust in the power of truth. Everything is always changing in the world.

Dalai Lama

World, Loses

Source: www.motherjones.com

Maybe, just maybe, I would like to become a real spiritual teacher, a working lama!

Dalai Lama

Spiritual, Teacher, Real

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The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.

Dalai Lama

Buddhism, Negation, Absolutes

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Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because its aim is to help others.

Dalai Lama

Helping Others, Black, Violence

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

Dalai Lama

Spiritual, Country, Holiness

I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.

Dalai Lama

Buddhism, Humans, Promoting

One who is caught in thought loses one's original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions. When he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it.

Dalai Lama

Failing, Description, Caught

The invitation come from some institution who really involving so-called my own profession, these fields. And then different universities or education sort of institution, I feel that is the place where the awareness of these things to start and to spread a more human community. So then on that level, yes, I have some obligation.

Dalai Lama

Community, Fields, Different

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Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.

Dalai Lama

Animal, People, Satisfaction

Continue this practice no matter what happens or what anyone does to you.

Dalai Lama

Buddhist, Practice, Doe

If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make, or others' opinion of us, or the success of some project we're involved in, sooner or later we're bound to be battered by life's inevitable changes. After all, money comes and goes, and thus is an unstable source of self-esteem, an unreliable foundation upon which to build our identity.

Dalai Lama

Self Esteem, Others Opinions, Identity

I have three commitments. Number one commitment is promotion of human value. Number two commitment is promotion of race harmony. Number three commitment is about Tibet. My retirement is the third commitment. The previous two commitments, to my death, I have committed.

Dalai Lama

Retirement, Commitment, Numbers

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A lot of problems we are facing, essentially, man made problem. Own creation. Not due to lack of intelligence.

Dalai Lama

Men, Problem, Creation

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There are many different kinds of power. True power comes from serving and helping others. Such behavior makes people respect you. They are willing to listen to your views and advice, and they support you. The energy of many people is thus channeled through one person. This kind of power is positive and authentic.

Dalai Lama

Helping Others, Power, Views

Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

I am a steadfast follower of the doctrine of non-violence which was first preached by Lord Buddha, whose divine wisdom is absolute.

Dalai Lama

Peace, War, Divine Wisdom

If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

Dalai Lama

Happiness, Attitude, Atmosphere

"Why We Behave". Book by Maurice Cayem, p. 92, 2009.

Although it is difficult to pinpoint the physical base or location of awareness, it is perhaps the most precious thing concealed within our brains. And it is something that the individual alone can feel and experience. Each of us cherishes it highly, yet it is private.

Dalai Lama

Brain, Location, Cherish

Ultimately, the human being is in the mercy of nature.

Dalai Lama

Mercy, Climate Change, Humans

Anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred are the real troublemakers, with them problems cannot be solved.

Dalai Lama

Real, Hatred, Problem

His Holiness The Dalai Lama (2013). “Kindness, Clarity, and Insight”, p.67, Shambhala Publications

The nature of the mind is such that if certain mental qualities are developed on a sound basis, they not only remain, but they also increase. In fact, once properly developed, the mind's good qualities eventually increase indefinitely. Therefore spiritual practice brings us long-term happiness and inner strength.

Dalai Lama

Spiritual, Practice, Long

Anger, pride and competence are our real enemies.

Dalai Lama

Real, Pride, Enemy

It is my belief that whereas the twentieth century has been a century of war and untold suffering, the twenty-first century should be one of peace and dialogue. As the continued advances in information technology make our world a truly global village, I believe there will come a time when war and armed conflict will be considered an outdated and obsolete method of settling differences among nations and communities.

Dalai Lama

War, Believe, Technology

If we develop concern for other people's welfare, share other people's suffering, and help them, ultimately we will benefit. If we think only of ourselves and forget about others, ultimately we will lose. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

Dalai Lama

Happy, Thinking, Concern For Others