Dalai Lama Quotes

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

His Holiness, The Dalai Lama

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.


His Holiness, The Dalai Lama

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

His Holiness, The Dalai Lama

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

His Holiness, The Dalai Lama

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

His Holiness, The Dalai Lama

Thank you for sharing the Dalai Lama's wisdom. I'll come back here later when I have more time.

Love,
Sue

Thank you for these quotes. I respect the wisdom of the Dalai Lama.

Love
Vicky

I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

The Dalai Lama

Thank you for these qoutes. I have always admired the Dalai Lama.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human being ... The important thing is to realize the positive side and try to increase that; realize the negative side and try to reduce. That's the way.

The Dalai Lama

"If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others."

The Dalai Lama

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people’s hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human “brain” with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human “heart” with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

The Dalai Lama

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Dalai Lama

I really think that we need, more than ever, to read and be inspired by these quotes.

Love,
vicky

Thank you Vicky for bringing back this post from the ancient archives.

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Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

His Holiness, The Dalai Lama

Thank you for these much needed quotes.

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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

His Holiness, The Dalai Lama