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Dalai Lama Quotes
«Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents, and then later on in our life when we are oppressed by sickness and become old, we are again dependent on the kindness of others. Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other's kindness, how can it be in the middle that we would neglect kindness towards others?»
Author: Dalai Lama
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dependent, dependent on, in the middle, later on, neglect, oppressed, sickness, sicknesses, The Sickness
«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.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Civilization,
Compassion,
Knowledge
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civilizations, day care, filling, great care, human brain, Human heart, importance, role, spread, These Days, Western, westerns, with compassion, with great care
«Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities, and so on.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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and so, and so on, appointed, appointing, appoints, at peace, communities, community, countries, elected, electing, elects, example, for example, individually, Inner peace, leaders, lie with, neighboring, One of Us, particular, share, starts
«We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one time or another. Therefore, it is likely that all beings in this universe have familial connections.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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at one time, connections, countless, familial, likely, one time, parent, reborn
«As far as your personal requirements are concerned, the ideal is to have fewer involvements, fewer obligations, and fewer affairs, business or whatever. However, so far as the interest of the larger community is concerned, you must have as many involvements as possible and as many activities as possible.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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activities, affairs, As Far, as far as possible, as many, business community, Business So, community, concerned, fewer, however, ideal, interest, larger, must have, obligations, requirements, so far
«Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each other is futile. The foundation of all spiritual practice is love. That you practice this well is my only request.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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abuse, basically, deceive, futile, mistreat, overpower, overpowered, overpowering, request
«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.»
«The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Appreciation,
Goodness
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appreciation, goodness, lie in, roots, roots of, soil, The Roots
«Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity for judgment. For that, we cannot take out insurance; the insurance company is within: self-discipline, self-awareness, and a clear realization of the disadvantages of anger and the positive effects of kindness.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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disadvantaged, disadvantages, effects, incomplete, insurance, insurance company, mental capacity, physically, realization, safeguard, self-discipline, self awareness, take out
«As a Buddhist monk my concern extends to all members of the human family and, indeed, to all sentient beings who suffer. I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
Buddhist, Buddhists, Buddhist monk, caused, concern, extended family, extends, inflict, members, monk, of their own, pursuit, selfish, sentient, sentient beings, The Monk, The Monks