Quotes about bud
buddhist believe self
Dalai Lama We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths.
buddhist kindness hatred
Dalai Lama To combat hatred directed toward a person, a Buddhist cultivates loving kindness toward that person.
buddhist silly simple
Dalai Lama Some consider me as a living Buddha. That's nonsense. That's silly. That's wrong. If they consider me a simple Buddhist monk, however, that's probably okay.
buddhist simple monk
Dalai Lama I am a simple Buddhist monk.
buddhist successful thinking
Dalai Lama We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think about being different from them, about being Tibetan, Buddhist or even the Dalai Lama. I only think about being a human being. We all share the potential for positive and negative emotions, yet one of our special qualities is our human mind, our intelligence. If we use it well we'll be successful and happy.
buddhist monk humans
Dalai Lama If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.
buddhism destiny hands
Dalai Lama According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them. So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?
buddhism people mind
Dalai Lama Buddhism does not accept a theory of God, or a creator. According to Buddhism, one's own actions are the creator, ultimately. Some people say that, from a certain angle, Buddhism is not a religion but rather a science of mind.
buddhism humans promoting
Dalai Lama I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.
buddhist compassion practice
Dalai Lama Don't become a Buddhist. The world doesn't need Buddhist. Do practice Compassion. The world needs more compassion.
buddhist age levels
Dalai Lama The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.
buddhist buddhism trying
Dalai Lama Don't try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-al ready-are.
buddhist attachment psychology
Dalai Lama According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.
buddhist thinking practice
Dalai Lama At a personal level, as a Buddhist practitioner, I deliberately visualize and think about death in my daily practice. Death is not separated from our lives. Due to my research and thoughts about death, I have some guarantee and some conviction that it will be a positive experience.
buddhist long tendencies
Dalai Lama So, the tendency of our childish nature is to take small things too seriously and get easily offended, whereas when we are confronted with situations which have long-term consequences, we tend to take things less seriously
buddhist unique chinese
Dalai Lama Today, due to the massive Chinese population transfer, the nation of Tibet truly faces the threat of extinction, along with its unique cultural heritage of Buddhist spirituality.
buddhism negation absolutes
Dalai Lama The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.
buddhism reality essence
Dalai Lama Buddha was speaking about reality. Reality may be one, in its deepest essence, but Buddha also stated that all propositions about reality are only contingent. Reality is devoid of any intrinsic identity that can be captured by any one single proposition - that is what Buddha meant by "voidness." Therefore, Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.
buddhist home atmosphere
Dalai Lama A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
buddhist lying teaching
Dalai Lama From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than insects. But we can also say that insects are innocent and free from guile, where as we often lie and misrepresent ourselves in devious ways in order to achieve our ends or better ourselves. From this perspective, we are much worse than insects.
buddhist logic abandoned
Dalai Lama Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned.
buddhist buddhism hands
Dalai Lama In Buddhism, both learning and practice are extremely important, and they must go hand in hand. Without knowledge, just to rely on faith, faith, and more faith is good but not sufficient. So the intellectual part must definitely be present. At the same time, strictly intellectual development without faith and practice, is also of no use. It is necessary to combine knowledge born from study with sincere practice in our daily lives. These two must go together.
buddhist attachment self
Dalai Lama According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated
buddhist good-life honesty
Dalai Lama I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later. There is not much hurry. If in day to day life you lead a good life, honesty, with love, with compassion, with less selfishness, then automatically it will lead to Nirvana.
buddhist firsts watches
Dalai Lama First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.
buddhist feelings training
Dalai Lama One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!
buddhist simple monk
Dalai Lama I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.
buddhism meditation technique
Dalai Lama There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.
buddhist together might
Dalai Lama We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.
buddhist past rules-to-live-by
Dalai Lama In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
buddhist war believe
Dalai Lama We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are "news"; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and , therefore, largely ignored.
buddhist each-day want
Dalai Lama Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another.