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Attention-yes! That's present! And present, you see, makes past and future.

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I just want to live as a simple Buddhist monk, but during the last thirty years I have made many friends around the world and I want to have close contact with these people. I want to contribute to harmony and peace of mind, for less conflict. Wherever the possibililty is, I'm ready. This is my life's goal.
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The 20th century was the century of war and blood. The 21st century is the century of dialogue.
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An ethical act is one which does not harm others' experience or expectation of happiness.
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Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.
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I feel many problems that we are facing, are man-made problems, we have too much emphasis on this secondary thing, forgetting our foundation. At foundation, we are the same human being and we are sharing the same planet. Six billion human beings' future is my future and my future is never separate from the future of six billion human beings.
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True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.
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