Category Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama says:  “Historically, the East was more concerned with understanding the mind and the West was more involved in understanding matter.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances…

Dalai Lama says:  “Happiness comes through taming the mind; without taming the mind there is no way to be happy”

Dalai Lama says:  “Giving up attachment to the world does not mean that you set yourself apart from it. Generating a desire for others to be happy increases your humanity. As you become less attached to the world, you become…

Dalai Lama says:  “Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a…

Dalai Lama says:  “Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind – compassion opens it.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Everything is interconnected. My interest is linked to everyone else’s. Our survival and future are linked. Therefore the destruction of your so-called enemy is actually the destruction of your self.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.”