Physically, emotionally, and mentally, we are all equal. We all share basic needs for food, shelter, safety, and love. – HH The Dalai Lama
Absence of War
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not Read more
More and Less
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional… we have bigger houses, but smaller families. More conveniences, but less time. We have knowledge, but less judgements; more experts, but more problems ; more medicines but less health. – HH The Dalai Lama
Our Ancient Experience
Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable. – HH The Dalai Lama
The Proper Utilization of Our Intelligence and Knowledge
One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education as if it is there to simply make you more clever, make you more ingenious… Even though our society does not emphasize this, the most Read more
The Basis of Inner Peace
One of the basic points is kindness. With kindness, with love and compassion, with his feeling that is the essence of brotherhood, sisterhood, one will have inner peace. This compassionate feeling is the basis of inner peace. – HH The Dalai Lama
The Greatest Degree of Happiness
One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it or not: what is the purpose of life? . . . From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social Read more
Empirical Evidence
On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. Read more
Practicing Patience and Tolerance
Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat Read more
The Only Way
Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent Read more
It Takes Time
Neither a space station nor an enlightened mind can be realized in a day. – HH The Dalai Lama
Precious Days
Let us try to recognize the precious nature of each day. – HH The Dalai Lama
Silver Linings
It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view. – HH The Dalai Lama
Our Collective and Individual Responsibility
It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live. – HH The Dalai Lama
Cultivating Compassion and Altruism
Buddhas and bodhisattvas, these people very wise. All their lives they only want one thing: to achieve ultimate happiness. How to do this? By cultivating compassion, by cultivating altruism. – HH The Dalai Lama
Happy and Teachable
If you have only education and knowledge and a lack of the other side, then you may not be a happy person, but a person of mental unrest, of frustration. Not only that, but if you combine these two, Read more
Evolving Knowledge
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. – HH The Dalai Lama
