Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/, /ˌdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ 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...
NationalityTibetan
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth6 July 1935
CityTaktser, Tibet
kindness beginnings-and-ends neglect
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?
feelings mind ease
Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.
sleep adversity enemy
Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up
spiritual practice use
It is a wonderful thing if one can use one's place of work as a place of spiritual practice as well.
zero
A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything; therefore, a zero is something, yet zero.
needs affection humans
We all need basic human values rooted in trust and affection.
inner-peace mind body
A Compassionate state of mind brings inner peace, and therefore a healthier body.
reading mind progress
The mind must be developed by you alone. There is no way for others to do the work and for you to reap the results. Reading someone else's blueprint of mental progress will not transfer its realizations to you. You have to develop them yourself.
fundamentals belief affectionate
Be a good human being, a warmhearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief.
exercise important may
It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise of our intelligence may have destructive results.
self anxiety focus
One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.
quality realization ordinary
All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations.
rich-or-poor suffering desire
Whether we like it or not, we have all been born into this world as part of one great human family. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, belonging to one nation or another, to one religion or another, adhering to this ideology or that, ultimately each of is just a human being like everyone else. We all desire happiness and do not want suffering.
giving-up effort complaining
If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence - and never give up. If you adopt a non-violent approach, but are also hesitant within, you’ll not succeed. You have to have confidence and keep up your efforts - in other words, never give up.