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It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.
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A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.
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We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really.
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I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.
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Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart.
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When a certain community is destroyed, in reality it destroys a part of all of us. So there should be a clear recognition that the entire humanity is just one family. Any conflict within humanity should be considered as a family conflict. We must find a solution within this atmosphere.
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It is my fundamental belief that all human beings share the same basic aspirations: that we all want hapiness and that we all share suffering. Asians, just like Americans, Europeans, and the rest of the world, share a desire to live life to its fullest, to better ourselves and the lives of our loved ones.
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It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.
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Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.
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If we adopt a self-centered approach to life, by which we attempt to use others for our own self interest, we might be able to gain temporary benefits, but in the long run we will not succeed in achieving even our personal happiness, and hope for the next life is out of the question.
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Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others, they will have a positive influence in their community.
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All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.
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Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to humanitarian values. Destruction of nature and nature's resources result from ignorance, greed and lack of respect for the earth's living things.
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...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.
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You need self-confidence and determination: feeling depressed and losing hope will never really help to correct any situation.
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Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.
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The key point is kindness. With kindness one will have inner peace. Through inner peace, world peace can one day be a reality.
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It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the Buddha's teaching.
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The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.
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There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.
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When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.
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The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being
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If each of us can learn to relate to each other more out of compassion, with a sense of connection to each other and a deep recognition of our common humanity, and more important, to teach this to our children, I believe that this can go a long way in reducing many of the conflicts and problems that we see today.
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We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of humanity, then naturally concerned about environment.