Category Quotations

Dalai Lama says:  “Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism. In this case, your compassion will remain as a humane response to suffering as long as

Dalai Lama says:  “Rather, genuine compassion is based on the rationale that all human beings have an innate desire to be happy and overcome suffering, just like myself. And, just like myself, they have the natural right to fulfill this…

Dalai Lama says:  “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road does not mean they are lost.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional… We have bigger houses,but smaller families. More conveniences,but less time. We have knowledge,but less judgements; more experts,but more problems ; more medicines but less health.”

Dalai Lama says :  “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

Dalai Lama says:  “One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education as if it is there to simply make you more clever, make you more ingenious… Even though our society does not emphasize this,…

Dalai Lama says:  “One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it or not: what is the purpose of life? . . . From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering.…

Dalai Lama says:  “On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum…