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
peaceful humanity world
We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of our families. This is how we can create a more peaceful world.
humanity today planets
Today we understand that the future of humanity very much depends on our planet, and that the future of the planet very much depends on humanity.
happy-life needs attention
We need to find secular ways to cultivate warm-heartedness. We need secular ways to educate ourselves about inner values. The source of a happy life is within us. Trouble makers in many parts of the world are often quite well educated, so it is not just education that we need. We need to pay attention to inner values.
compassion reducing spite
Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever
vegetarian monk tibetan
Im a Tibetan monk, not a vegetarian,
real long emotion
So long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.
energy clarity force
We can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force.
responsibility self keys
Each of us must learn to work not just for one self, one's own family or one's nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.
determination attitude optimistic
Determination, with an optimistic attitude is the key to success.
yesterday remember sometimes
Not only can I not recall my experiences in my previous lives, sometimes I can't even remember what I did yesterday.
children play looks
Look at children... If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with that person the following day.
scare nothing-to-lose loses
Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.
mind trying wake-up
As soon as I wake up I pay homage to the Buddha, and I try to prepare my mind to be more altruistic, more compassionate, during the day to come so I can be of benefit to beings. Then I do physical exersice - I walk on a treadmill.
compassion imagination meditation
What acts as a far more effective circumstance for generating compassion and what, in fact, rouses us from our comfortable meditation seat is actually seeing or hearing others - encountering others directly, not just conceptually in our imagination.