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• What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Meaning, Creed, Credo, Happy
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  All the problems of the world – child labor, corruption – are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Compassion, Corruption

• 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.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Love, Religion

  Tags in Compassion, Forgiveness

• Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Kindness

  Tags in Hope

• I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one’s own family or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Interdependence, Responsibility

• The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Life, Love

• If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Anger

  Tags in Nonviolence

• The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Compassion

• Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Religion

• A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Humanity, Religion

  Tags in Human Rights, Compassion

• Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to get rid of suffering, and everyone has the basic right to do this. In this way, all here are the same, whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, Easterner or Westerner, believer or non-believer, and within believers whether Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and so on. Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value we are all the same.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Life, Religion, Suffering

• The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

  Tenzin Gyatso

  Topics in Attitude, Suffering