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
happiness brother other-cultures
When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters.
being-alone holiness alone-time
Spend some time alone every day.
travel years travel-the-world
Once a year go somewhere you have never been before.
peace children compassion
Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values: love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness.
live-in-the-present anxious enjoy
You are so anxious about the future that you do not enjoy the present. You therefore do not live in the present or the future. You live as if you are never going to die, and then die having never really lived.
caring opening-up focus
If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out.
meaningful order inner-peace
In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.
compassion suffering wish
Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.
karma buddhist environmental
Be gentle with the earth.
change attitude believe
I believe each human being has the potential to change, to transform one’s own attitude, no matter how difficult the situation.
inspirational meaningful unhappy
Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a limited time. What greater folly could there be than to spend this short time alone, unhappy or in conflict with our companions? Far better, surely, to use our short time here in living a meaningful life, enriched by our sense of connection with others and being of service to them.
inspirational understanding mind
Historically, the East was more concerned with understanding the mind and the West was more involved in understanding matter.
inspirational humanity suffering
We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.
inspirational nuclear source-of-happiness
The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness