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Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind.
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When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities.
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I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.
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Our world and our lives have become increasingly interdependent, so when our neighbour is harmed, it affects us too. Therefore we have to abandon outdated notions of 'them' and 'us' and think of our world much more in terms of a great 'US', a greater human family.
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The more we feel concern for others and seek their well-being, the more friends we will have and the more welcome we will feel.
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All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.
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Religious belief is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness.
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I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.
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World peace begins with inner peace.
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In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena.
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Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.
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When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.
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We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths.
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In twenty years' time I'll be eighty-three, just an old man with a stick moving like a sloth bear. While I'm alive, I am fully committed to autonomy, and I am the person who can persuade the Tibetan people to accept it.
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Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences.
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If we don't understand phenomena, we are more likely to do things to harm ourselves and others.
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On a certain day, month and year one should observe the ceremony of tree-planting. Thus, one fulfils one's responsibilities, serves one's fellow-beings which not only brings happiness but benefits all.
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Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness.
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Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.
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Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.
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