Dalai Lama

Genuine happiness requires peace of mind or a degree of mental composure. When this is present, hardship counts for nothing. With inner strength or mental stability, we can endure all kinds of adversity.
- Dalai Lama

More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of whether we have a religious framework or not. When we nurture this most basic human resource – when we set about cultivating those basic inner values which we all appreciate in others, then we start to live spiritually.
- Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the inauguration of a new hostel for disadvantaged children nearby Dharamsala, HP, India, on 19 November 2011. The hostel, sponsored by The Dalai Lama Trust, is run by Tong-Len Charitable Trust Center which helps displaced communities in North India. Photo/Abhishek Madhukar

So far, of the twenty-first century, just over a decade has gone and the major part of it is yet to come. It is my hope that the twenty-first century will be a century of peace, a century of dialogue – a century when a more caring, responsible, and compassionate humanity will emerge. This is my prayer as well.
- Dalai Lama
   

Many people think that patience is a sign of weakness. I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a sign of weakness, whereas patience is a sign of strength.

- Dalai Lama

Great compassion is the root of altruistic action. It really is a source of wonder. There is no greater source of help and happiness. The capacity to devote yourself to the welfare of others yields otherwise unobtainable power and potential for good. Generate great compassion and you become a friend of the world and a companion of the warm-hearted.

- Dalai Lama


His Holiness the Dalai Lama reading from the text during the second day of the two day Vajra Dhatu empowerment held in Koyasan, Japan, on November 2, 2011. Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We achieve happiness, prosperity and progress through social interaction. Therefore, having a kind and helpful attitude contributes to our own and others' happiness.

- Dalai Lama

 

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is welcomed on his arrival in Osaka on October 29, 2011, at the start of a ten day visit to Japan . Photo/Tenzin Choejor/OHHDL

Photo of the Day




Dalai Lama