Dalai Lama Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Dalai Lama:

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

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It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.

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Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.

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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.

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I think governments can't do much.

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

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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.

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Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts.

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Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.

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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.

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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?

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Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

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Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

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I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.

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My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

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My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.

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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

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I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

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In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

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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.

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Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

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I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!

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I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

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It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

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There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.

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Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

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The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.

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There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

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One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.

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The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

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