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“It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.”

Tenzin Gyatso

Ocean of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living (1989) ISBN 094066609X
Unsourced variant: In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

“Dr. Rajendra Prasad was a true Bodhisatva. His humility brought tears to my eyes.”

Tenzin Gyatso book Freedom in Exile

Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama (1991).

Tear

“The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic systems. Fighting is useless. Suicide.”

Tenzin Gyatso

News conference in Vancouver, B.C. as quoted in The Globe and Mail. (8 September 2006).

People , Education , Religion , Suicide

“His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a man I held in high regard. His experience in Poland and my own difficulties with communists gave us an immediate ground.
The Pope was very sympathetic to the Tibetan problem. Of course, as the head of an institution trying to establish good relations with China and seriously concerned about the status of millions of Christians in china he could not express this publicly or officially. But right from the start of our friendship he revealed to me privately that he had a clear understanding of the Tibetan problem because of his own experience of communism in Poland. This gave me great personal encouragement.”

Tenzin Gyatso

"I am a simple Buddhist monk: Dalai Lama" in The Times of India (6 July 2006) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1711921.cms.

Friendship , Communication , Understanding , Problem

“If I say, "I am a monk." or "I am a Buddhist," these are, in comparison to my nature as a human being, temporary. To be human is basic.”

Tenzin Gyatso

"Kindness and Compassion" p. 47.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)

Nature

“I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.”

Tenzin Gyatso

Daily Telegraph interview (2006)

People , Religion

“I am a simple Buddhist monk — no more, no less.”

Tenzin Gyatso

As quoted in Nobel Prize Winners (1991) by Lisa F. Dewitt.

“It is also possible within this lifetime to enhance the power of the mind, enabling one to reaccess memories from previous lives. Such recollection tends to be more accessible during meditative experiences in the dream state. Once one has accessed memories of previous lives in the dream state, one gradually recalls them in the waking state.”

Tenzin Gyatso

Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with The Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism (1999) ISBN 1559391278

Dreams , Memory

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.”

Tenzin Gyatso

As quoted in A Small Drop of Ink: A Collection of Inspirational and Moving Quotations of the Ages (2003) by Linda Pendleton.

Powerful , For Him , Love

“I believe that our Tibetan ability to combine spiritual qualities with a realistic and practical attitude enables us to make a special contribution, in however modest a way. This is my hope and prayer.
In conclusion, let me share with you a short prayer which gives me great inspiration and determination:
: For as long as space endures,
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I, too, abide
To dispel the misery of the world.
:* This last statement is a traditional form of the Bodhisattva vows.”

Tenzin Gyatso

Nobel lecture (1989)

World , Hope , Way

“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.”

Tenzin Gyatso

As quoted in Especially for Christians: Powerful Thought-provoking Words from the Past (2005) by Mark Alton Rose, p. 19

Love , Forgiveness , Parting

“I would like to take this opportunity to explain the Zone of Ahimsa or peace sanctuary concept, which is the central element of the Five-Point Peace Plan. I am convinced that it is of great importance not only for Tibet, but for peace and stability in Asia.
It is my dream that the entire Tibetan plateau should become a free refuge where humanity and nature can live in peace and in harmonious balance.”

Tenzin Gyatso

Nobel lecture (1989)

Peace , Dreams , Nature

“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend — or a meaningful day.”

Tenzin Gyatso

As quoted in "Tibet's Living Buddha" by Pico Iyer, p. 32.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)

Appearance

“If a woman reveals herself as more useful the lama could very well be reincarnated in this form.”

Tenzin Gyatso

News conference in Italy, as quoted in "Dalai Lama says successor could be a woman" in Telegraph (07 Dec 2007) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1571850/Dalai-Lama-says-successor-could-be-a-woman.html

“We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.”

Tenzin Gyatso

As quoted in Words Of Wisdom: Selected Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2001) edited by Margaret Gee, p. 49.

“My true religion is Kindness.”

Tenzin Gyatso

Kindness, Clarity, and Insight (1984)
As quoted in Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination (1988) by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria.
Variant: My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Religion

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

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As quoted in Meditations for Living In Balance: Daily Solutions for People Who Do Too Much (2000) by Anne Wilson Schaef, p. 11.

Happy , Good Morning , Happiness

“Thousands — millions and billions — of animals are killed for food. That is very sad. We human beings can live without meat, especially in our modern world. We have a great variety of vegetables and other supplementary foods, so we have the capacity and the responsibility to save billions of lives. I have seen many individuals and groups promoting animal rights and following a vegetarian diet. This is excellent. Certain killing is purely a "luxury." … But perhaps the saddest is factory farming. The poor animals there really suffer. I once visited a poultry farm in Japan where they keep 200,000 hens for two years just for their eggs. During those two years, they are prisoners. Then after two years, when they are no longer productive, the hens are sold. That is really shocking, really sad. We must support those who are attempting to reduce that kind of unfair treatment. An Indian friend told me that his young daughter has been arguing with him that it is better to serve one cow to ten people than to serve chicken or other small animals, since more lives would be involved. In the Indian tradition, beef is always avoided, but I think there is some logic to her argument. Shrimp, for example, are very small. For one plate, many lives must be sacrificed. To me, this is not at all delicious. I find it really awful, and I think it is better to avoid these things. If your body needs meat, it may be better to eat bigger animals. Eventually you may be able to eliminate the need for meat. I think that our basic nature as human beings is to be vegetarian — making every effort not to harm other living beings. If we apply our intelligence, we can create a sound, nutritional program. It is very dangerous to ignore the suffering of any sentient being.”

Tenzin Gyatso

Interview in Worlds in Harmony: Dialogues on Compassionate Action, Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992, pp. 20-21.

People , World , Sadness , Food

“When I visited Costa Rica earlier this year, I saw how a country can develop successfully without an army, to become a stable democracy committed to peace and the protection of the natural environment. This confirmed my belief that my vision of Tibet in the future is a realistic plan, not merely a dream.”

Tenzin Gyatso

Nobel lecture (1989)

Peace , Dreams , Democracy , Nature

“Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.”

Tenzin Gyatso

"A Talk to Western Buddhists" p. 87.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)

Feeling