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Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

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China can keep her troops on the external frontiers of Tibet, and Tibetans will pledge to accept the appropriate form of union with China.
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Compassion is something we can count on. Even if we face economic problems and our fortunes decline, we can still share our compassion with our fellow human beings. National and global economies are subject to many ups and downs, but through them all we can retain a compassionate attitude that will carry us through.
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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.
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We must cultivate a universal responsibility toward each other and extend it to the planet that we have to share
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But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic practice.
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If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.
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To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation. in order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.
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The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others.
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We don't need to respond with desperate violence.
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We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths.
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Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is fully evolved.
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True friends share genuine closeness and remain friends irrespective of fluctuating fortunes.
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In the final analysis, the hope of every person is simply peace of mind.
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Anger, pride and competence are our real enemies.
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By being inattentive to the needs of others, inevitably we end up harming them.
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Not so long ago people believed in ideologies, systems, and institutions to save all societies. Today, they have given up such hopes and have returned to relying on the individual, on individual freedom, individual initiative, individual creativity.
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