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Dali Lama Advice That Makes You Go Hmmm
The Dali Lama is one of those rare beings whose message applies across all peoples and religions. If you are looking for a bit of focus in your life, considering the following inspiration thoughts from the Dali Lama is a good place to start.
The Dali Lama is one of those rare beings whose message applies across all peoples and religions. If you are looking for a bit of focus in your life, considering the following inspiration thoughts from the Dali Lama is a good place to start.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the me, and to see that the idea that there is a me which is distinct from things is a delusion that is true wisdom.
To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation.
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
One has to try to develop one’s inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one’s mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don’t have to pay income tax on!
Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for others and Responsibility for all your actions.
A great rock is not disturbed by the wind; the mind of a wise man is not disturbed by either honor or abuse.
Just as we should cultivate gentle and peaceful relations with our fellow human beings, we should also extend that same kind of attitude towards the natural environment.
One who is caught in thought loses ones original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions, when he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it.
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.
This lack of respect extends even to the earths human descendants, the future generations who will inherit a vastly degraded planet if world peace does not become a reality, and if destruction of the natural environment continues at the present rate.
Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities that lack a commitment to humanitarian values.
Pride leads to violence and evil. The truly good gaze upon everything with love and understanding.
Dont try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whateveryoualreadyare.