If through practice of insight you develop a sense of ease, then time has no relevance. If you're miserable, time does matter. It's so unbearable, so enormous you want to get out of it as soon as possible.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
When a problem first arises, try to remain humble and maintain a sincere attitude, and be concerned that the outcome is fair.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Your enemy is your best friend.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
The seed for nirvana exists in all of us. The time has come to think more wisely, hasn't it?
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function properly.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Feelings of anger, bitterness, and hate are negative. If I kept those inside me they would spoil my body and my health. They are of no use.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warm-hearted feeling of brotherhood andsisterhood.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Freedom is the real source of human happiness and creativity. Irrespective of whether you are a believer or nonbeliever, whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jew, the important thing is to be a good human being.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
We have to have some form of politics. Politics is a form of resolving conflicts. Politics which comes from sincere motivation is constructive.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
The basic sources of happiness are a good heart, compassion, and love. If we have these mental attitudes, even if we are surrounded by hostility, we feel little disturbance. On the other hand, if we lack compassion and our mental state is filled with anger or hatred we will not have peace.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
The ultimate way to solve human problems is with nonviolence.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
My mother was very kind, calm, but she was illiterate. Later, she learned to read so she could study the scriptures. When we came to Lhasa, I lived separately, but that does not mean I ws completely cut off. When ever she came to see me, she brought me the bread she baked.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
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.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need something deeper-human affection.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
I am often moved by the example of small insects, such as bees, The laws of nature dictate that bees work together in order to survive. As a result they possess an instinctive sense of social responsibility. They have no constitution, laws, police, religion, or moral training, but because of nature they labor faithfully together. Occasionally they may fight, but in general the whole colony survives on the basis of cooperation. Human beings, on the other hand, have constitutions, vast legal systems, and police forces. We have religion, remarkable intelligence, and a heart with a great capacity to love. But despite our many extraordinary qualities, in actual practice we lag behind these small insects. In some ways I feel we are poorer than the bees.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
Without proper mental peace it is difficult to achieve proper world
peace, therefore there is a connection. Many of the problems that we have today are because of our hatred. As human beings we have good qualities as well as bad ones. Now anger, attachment, jealousy, and hatred are on the bad side. They are the real enemy. From a certain point of view, our real enemy, the true troublemaker, is inside. I try to see each tragedy in the context of other, bigger tradgedies in history. That gives me a larger focus and makes it easier to bear. So that is my secret, my trick. I believe I am a happy person.
His Holiness
the Dalai Lama
