Dalai Lama Quotes, Death Quotes, Clothes Quotes

If you are mindful of death, it will not come as a surprise-you will not be anxious. You will feel that death is merely like changing clothes. Consequently, at that point you will be able to maintain your calmness of mind.

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I have no trouble sleeping.

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Wealth is not necessarily a bad thing when it has been earned in an honest manner and neither other individuals nor the environment suffered for it.

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Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all of us are the same in being humans, and we all uniquely have the thought of 'I' and we're all the same in wanting happiness and in wanting to avoid suffering.

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Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.

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If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

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There is competition, but it is used in a good way. It is positive to want to go first, provided the intention is to pave the way for others, make their path more easy, help them, or show the way. Competition is negative when we wish to defeat others, to bring them down in order to lift ourselves up.

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My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'.

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Samsara - our conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana - genuine freedom from such an existence- are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum. So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.

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Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in.

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Look at children... If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with that person the following day.

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To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run.

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To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness.

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The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.

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My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.

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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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I call myself a feminist. Isn't that what you call someone who fights for women's rights?

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When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves.

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The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people. As human beings, our purpose is to live meaningful lives, to develop a warm heart. There is meaning in being everyone's friend. The real source of peace amongst our families, friends and neighbours is love and compassion.

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Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.

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