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I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.

Dalai Lama

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What is the relationship between spirituality and ethical practice? Since love and compassion and similar qualities all, by definition, presume some level of concern for others' well-being, they presume ethical restraint. We cannot be loving and compassionate unless at the same time we curb our own harmful impulses and desires.
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Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other's kindness, how can it be in ......the middle that we would neglect kindness towards others?
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When selflessness is seen in objects, the seed of cyclic existence is destroyed.
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You can’t help someone just by making a wish to do so, you have to take action.
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I believe that the destructive nature of society that now threatens the existence of the entire human world has much to do with human intelligence. The way to overcome all human suffering-that also is through human intelligence.
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I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.
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In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves.
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When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
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The world will be saved by the western woman.
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Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs to be supported by reason. However intellectual understanding that is not applied in practice is also of little use. Whatever we learn from study we need to apply sincerely in our daily lives.
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Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.
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Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and look back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
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Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility... Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.
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