About Dalai Lama:

The Dalai Lama is a monk of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest of the schools of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa. The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin Gyatso.

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It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

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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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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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As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.

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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.

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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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

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Sleep is the best meditation.

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In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

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The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

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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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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. I am just one human being.

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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

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China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

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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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The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

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I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.

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Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.

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Author Bio

NameDalai Lama
Descriptionhead monk of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
AwardsFour Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal

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