Quote

The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.

Dalai Lama

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Dalai Lama
Purpose
Mind
Reduce
Emotions
Discipline
Meditation
Emotion

More quotes by Dalai Lama

Image
Buddhism strongly discourages blind faith and fanaticism.
Dalai Lama
Image
If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world.
Dalai Lama
Image
I believe all religions pursue the same goals, that of cultivating human goodness and bringing happiness to all human beings. Though the means might appear different the ends are the same.
Dalai Lama
Image
You can develop the right attitude toward others if you have kindness, love and respect for them, and a clear realization of the oneness of all human beings.
Dalai Lama
Image
Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.
Dalai Lama
Image
If your heart has peace, nothing can disturb you.
Dalai Lama
Image
A human being isn't meant to be some kind of machine designed only for production. No. Human life isn't just for work.
Dalai Lama
Image
I think governments can't do much.
Dalai Lama
Image
We don't need to respond with desperate violence.
Dalai Lama
Image
Education is the best way to train ourselves that we will secure our own well-being by concerning ourselves with others. It is possible to create a better world, a more compassionate, more peaceful world, which is not only in everyone’s interest, but is everyone’s responsibility to achieve.
Dalai Lama
Image
The basic condition of human life is happiness.
Dalai Lama
Image
World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something we can always carry with us.
Dalai Lama
Image
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Dalai Lama
Image
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.
Dalai Lama
Image
While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water.
Dalai Lama
Image
It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put.
Dalai Lama
Image
Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.
Dalai Lama
Image
The universe is a single atom: the convergence of science and spirituality.
Dalai Lama
Image
The very purpose of our life is happiness, which is sustained by hope. We have no guarantee about the future, but we exist in the hope of something better. Hope means keeping going, thinking, ‘I can do this.’ It brings inner strength, self-confidence , the ability to do what you do honestly, truthfully and transparently.
Dalai Lama
Image
At the beginning of this century, people never questioned the effectiveness of war, never thought there could be real peace. Now, people are tired of war and see it as ineffective in solving anything.
Dalai Lama