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The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn't matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.


Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama

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DALAI LAMA Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundanc...
DALAI LAMA I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich cultur...
DALAI LAMA I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the mode...
DALAI LAMA If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have...
DALAI LAMA Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expe...
DALAI LAMA Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people’s hearts. Western civilizations...
DALAI LAMA continuous work on inner maturity.
DALAI LAMA My favorite quotation from Shantideva's book is: 'As long as space endures, as long as sentient bein...
DALAI LAMA Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is wrong. Absolutely wrong. Y...
DALAI LAMA Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
DALAI LAMA It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and...
DALAI LAMA My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. Compassion can be put into practice if ...
DALAI LAMA The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
DALAI LAMA I believe deeply that we must find, all of us together, a new spirituality.
DALAI LAMA I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion ...
DALAI LAMA I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit...
DALAI LAMA In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you f...
DALAI LAMA Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
DALAI LAMA Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical ...
DALAI LAMA The prize reaffirms our conviction that with truth, courage and determination as our weapons, Tibet ...
DALAI LAMA If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
DALAI LAMA Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very z...
DALAI LAMA There is nothing to trust seeking happiness from outside, you will only become exhausted with suffer...
DALAI LAMA The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
DALAI LAMA I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire c...
DALAI LAMA As a Buddhist monk my concern extends to all members of the human family and, indeed, to all sentien...
DALAI LAMA Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for ou...
DALAI LAMA If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. H...
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