His Holiness The Dalai Lama Quotes

“Do good; avoid evil.
Purify your mind.”
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“The main concept is that the mind and the body are separate, although interconnected entities. And while the body lasts for just one life, the mind, or stream of consciousness, is continuous; it is beginningless and endless. At”
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“One of the key Buddhist concepts is that of interdependence. Nothing exists by itself in a vacuum; humans and all other beings and the environment are inextricably interrelated. Whatever people do to the environment will inevitably affect them. Because the mind is so dependent upon the body, and the body is in turn dependent upon its surroundings, the world must be taken care of.”
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“It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live.”
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“At death, the body finishes but the mind continues into the next life, just as when the previous life died, the mind continued into this life. The process is called mental continuity, reincarnation or rebirth. Ordinary beings undergo this process without control. Advanced meditation practitioners can control it and choose their”
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“there are differences limitless.”
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“our Buddhist brothers and sisters, we’re all students of the same teacher, that’s Buddha Shakyamuni.”
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“commitment is promoting religious harmony. All major religious traditions, of course there are big differences in the philosophical field, of their concept, but all these different philosophical views is simply a different way of approach to bring conviction, importance of love, compassion, with that tolerance, forgiveness, self-discipline. These things. So, in that respect, all religions, all major religious traditions is the same. Use different philosophical way, philosophical belief, and different approach, but the aim is the same—to increase the practice of love, compassion, forgiveness, these things. So therefore, all major religious traditions have the same potential and the same message, same practice. And indeed, the same goal, to bring a happy family, happy community, and a happy world.”
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“number one commitment is promoting these inner values through awareness. Use scientific findings, and then also common sense, common experience. This is my number one commitment.”
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“The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.”
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“addition, many feature films, books and media have been based on the Dalai Lama and Tibet, including Kundun, directed by Martin Scorsese, Seven Years in Tibet, starring Brad Pitt, and the novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton.”
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“If you can’t help others, at least don’t harm them.” This shows the basic practice is to not harm any living being and, if possible, on that basis to help others as much as possible and relieve suffering. Suffering can be traced back to the mind, with fundamental ignorance at its root. Therefore, ultimately, the best way to help others is to give them wisdom, the antidote to ignorance.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama (Enhanced Edition): A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“The main concept is that the mind and the body are separate, although interconnected entities. And while the body lasts for just one life, the mind, or stream of consciousness, is continuous; it is beginningless and endless.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“Buddham Saranam Gacchami, Dharmam Saranam Gacchami, Sangham Saranam Gacchami.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama (Enhanced Edition): A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama (Enhanced Edition): A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“all religions, all major religious traditions is the same. Use different philosophical way, philosophical belief, and different approach, but the aim is the same—to increase the practice of love, compassion, forgiveness, these things. So therefore, all major religious traditions have the same potential and the same message, same practice. And indeed, the same goal, to bring a happy family, happy community, and a happy world.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“Protecting and conserving the environment is of the utmost importance, and in order to do so, people should maintain a balance in their relationships with nature and other beings, in addition to caring for their own internal peace and well-being.”
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“Therefore, we should try to have good conduct, good heart, good discipline; be honest, not deceiving nor lying to others.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“If you can’t help others, at least don’t harm them.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“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.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“Someone else’s action should not determine your response.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“My religion is kindness.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom

“Suffering can be traced back to the mind, with fundamental ignorance at its root. Therefore, ultimately, the best way to help others is to give them wisdom, the antidote to ignorance.”
― Comcast NBCUniversal, His Holiness The Dalai Lama: A Message of Spiritual Wisdom