How to See Yourself As You Really Are Quotes

“An eye for an eye....we are all blind”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“If at the beginning and end of our lives we depend upon the kindness of others, why in the middle of our lives should we not act kindly toward them? It is the pragmatic choice.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“I do not think about converting others to Buddhism or merely furthering the Buddhist cause. Instead, I try to think of how I as a Buddhist can contribute to the happiness of all living beings.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“One of the chief reasons desire and hatred arise is that we are overly attached to the current flow of life. We have a sense that it will last forever, and with that sort of attitude we become fixated on superficialities—material possessions and temporary friends and situations. To overcome this ignorance, you need to reflect on the fact that a day is coming when you will not be here. Even though there is no certainty that you will die tonight, when you cultivate an awareness of death, you appreciate that you could die tonight. With this attitude, if there is something you can do that will help in both this life and the next, you will give it precedence over something that would help only this life in a superficial way.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Some people think that cultivating compassion is good for others but not necessarily for themselves, but this is wrong. You are the one who benefits most directly since compassion immediately instills in you a sense of calm (nowadays medical researchers have shown in scientific studies that a calm mind is essential for good health), inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction, whereas it is not certain that the object of your feeling of compassion will benefit. Love and compassion open our own inner life, reducing stress, distrust, and loneliness.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.”
― 14th Dalai Lama, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Whether we will be able to achieve world peace or not, we have no choice but to work toward that goal. If we allow love and compassion to be dominated by anger, we will sacrifice the best part of our human intelligence—wisdom, our ability to decide between right and wrong. Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“When our minds are clouded by hatred, selfishness, jealousy, and anger, we lose not only control but also our judgment.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“With a strong sense of the imminence of death, you will feel the need to engage in spiritual practice, improving your mind and not wasting your time on various distractions ranging from eating and drinking to endless talk about war, romance, and gossip.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“In the process of developing an accurate assessment of who you actually are, you need to appreciate the disparity between how you appear to your own mind and how you indeed exist.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Ignorance is the root of everything that stands in the way of these attainments. Ignorance binds us to suffering; therefore ignorance has to be clearly identified.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“I maintain that Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism all hold up love as an ideal, seek to benefit humanity through spiritual practice, and strive to make their followers better people. All religions teach moral precepts for the advancement of mind, body, speech, and action: do not lie or steal or take others’ lives, and so on. Unselfishness is the common foundation laid down by all great spiritual teachers.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“According to Buddhist psychology, most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“At no time should we place means above ends: we must always maintain the supremacy of compassion over ideology.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“1. Universal Concern is
Essential to Solving
Global Problems”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Complete love is based not on attachment but on altruism, which is the most effective response to suffering.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“In lethargy your body is heavy, and your mind is heavy, trapped in darkness. Sounds restful, right? Just joking.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“A person whose mind is distracted Dwells between the fangs of afflictive emotions.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Once you realize things are always changing, if you are passing through a difficult period you can find comfort in knowing that the situation will not remain that way forever.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“In Tibet there were practitioners in retreat who so strongly reflected on impermanence that they would not wash their dishes after supper. —PALTRUL RINPOCHE’S SACRED WORD”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“However, when the idea that objects inherently exist takes hold, fundamental ignorance has been introduced.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Every being wants happiness and does not want suffering. If we do not respect this fact, there will be more and more suffering on this planet.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Happiness is a combination of inner peace, economic viability, and above all, world peace.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Living in society, we must share the suffering of our fellow citizens and practice compassion and tolerance not only toward our loved ones but also toward our enemies.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“La ignorancia, en este contexto, no es solo la falta de conocimiento, sino la percepción equivocada de la naturaleza de las cosas.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, Conócete a ti mismo tal como realmente eres

“When after hearing or reading instructions on how to set the mind on an object of meditation, you initially draw the mind inside and try to put it there, it may be that you will not be able to keep your mind on the object and will be subject to a waterfall of thoughts, one after another. If so, you are on the first level. You may even have so many thoughts that it seems as if trying to meditate makes them increase, but you are just noticing the previously unidentified extent of your own ramblings. Your attempts at mindfulness are causing you to notice what is happening.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“We are under the influence of an illusion of permanence, so we think there is always lots of time remaining. This”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“helps to be aware that, over the course of countless lifetimes, everyone at some time has been your mother and your closest friend.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Just as it takes great exertion to draw the bucket up but it descends easily, so beings have to expend great effort to draw themselves upward to a happier life but easily descend into painful”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are

“Also, sources of pain, such as overeating, sometimes appear to be sources of pleasure, but in the end they are not.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, How to See Yourself As You Really Are