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When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.
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As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation.
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If you wonder what you were doing in the past, look at your body to know what will happen to you in the future, look at your mind.
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Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal.
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We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.
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Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures.
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A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can't grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon.
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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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Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.
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If there's good, strong evidence from science that such and such is the case and this is contrary to Buddhism, then we will change.
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The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness.
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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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Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.
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What unites all beings is their desire for happiness.
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Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.
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Spiritually, yes, now many people knows Tibetans in spiritual field are very, very advanced but in material field is very, very backward.
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The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others.
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If you make your best effort to be kinder, nurture compassion, make the world a better place, then you can say 'At least I've done my best.
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Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.
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Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come.
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