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My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.
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Not so long ago people believed in ideologies, systems, and institutions to save all societies. Today, they have given up such hopes and have returned to relying on the individual, on individual freedom, individual initiative, individual creativity.
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The development of our minds and our destination in future lives is in our hands. No one else can help us. It is very important that we each take responsibility for ourselves. Sustain mindfulness 24 hours a day. Thank you. That is all.
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I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn't take it for granted here in exile.
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If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.
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If someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.
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Only through the development of mutual respect, and in a spirit of truth, can friendship come about. By these means it is possible to move human minds, but never by force.
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Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.
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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.
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Up to now my involvement in the Tibetan freedom struggle has been part of my spiritual practice, because the issues of the survival of the Buddha Teaching and the freedom of Tibet are very much related. In this particular struggle, there is no problem with many monks and nuns, including myself, joining.
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Don't use Buddhism to become a Buddhist. Use Buddhism to become better at whatever else in your life you are doing already.
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I think, that in the twenty-second century, there will be more female reincarnations at female institutions. Then there'll be competition between male lama institutions and female lama institutions. It'll be a positive sort of competition.
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Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.
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I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.
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Scientists are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.
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Spirit is a land of high white peaks and glittering jewel-like lakes and flowers. Life is sparse and sounds travel great distances.
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The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness.
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Pain can change you, but that doesn't mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom.
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The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.
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Although violence and the use of force may appear powerful and decisive, their benefits are short-lived. Violence can never bring a lasting and long term resolution to any problem, because it is unpredictable and for every problem it seems to solve, others are created. On the other hand, truth remains constant and will ultimately prevail.
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For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind.
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So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful.
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Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.
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If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much as you cherish yourself.