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
thinking causes emotion
Destructive thoughts and emotions undermine the very causes of peace and happiness. If you think clearly about it, it makes no sense to think you’re seeking happiness, if you do nothing to restrain angry, spiteful, and malicious thoughts and emotions.
true-friend affection genuine
True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.
simple people mountain
People need to climb the mountain not simple because it is there But because the soulful divinity needs to be mated with the spirit.
soul spirit food-for-the-soul
There is soul music, soul food, and soul love...
distance flower jewels
Spirit is a land of high white peaks and glittering jewel-like lakes and flowers. Life is sparse and sounds travel great distances.
ocean flower home
Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys. Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow there. The rivers flow like warm syrup. They empty into huge oceans of soul.
dark light soul
I call the light and high aspects of my being spirit and the dark and heavy aspects soul.
religious learning turtles
I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text.
happiness training mind
Happiness can be achieved through training the mind.
self discipline self-discipline
Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.
spiritual thinking needs
There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions.
spiritual attitude thinking
I think in many ways narrow minded-attitudes lead to extreme thinking.
spiritual firsts steps
So the first step in seeking happiness is learning. We first have to learn how negative emotions and behaviors are harmful to us and how positive emotions are helpful.
spiritual ignorance buddhism
As far as ignorance is concerned, not just Buddhism, every religion recognizes it as the source of suffering.