'When it comes to validating the truth of a claim, Buddhism accords greatest authority to experience, with reason second and scripture last' Therefore we need a genuine sense of responsibility and a sincere concern for the welfare of others' It is because our own human existence is so dependent on the help of others that our need for love lies at the very foundation of our existence. 'Inter-dependence, of course, is a fundamental law of nature. 'If the mind is tranquil and occupied with positive thoughts, the body will not easily fall prey to disease' 'Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today' 'Perhaps the most important point is to ensure that science never becomes divorced from the basic human feeling of empathy with our fellow beings' 'The great benefit of science is that it can contribute tremendously to the alleviation of suffering at the physical level, but it is only through the cultivation of the qualities of the human heart and the transformation of our attitudes that we can begin to address and overcome our mental suffering' 'Understanding of process enables a person to gain control of that process or to gain freedom from being controlled by it' 'The higher the level of knowledge and power, the greater must be our sense of moral responsibility' 'What we think and do in our own lives is of extreme importance as it affects everything we are connected to' 'From my own limited experience I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion' From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering' 'I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. Our human minds, with all their variety, need different approaches to peace and happiness' 'All the different religions of the world are needed to enrich human experience and world civilization. 'We must always maintain the supremacy of compassion over ideology'

'The ultimate purpose is to serve and benefit the world'

I hope you find them as powerful as I did. The snippets selected here are the ones that touched me most during my readings. Tibetan people and the most well-known representative of It is also the capital for the central Tibetan administration (TibetвЂ™s government in exile) from hear the Dalai Lama gives talks and meets and greets thousands upon thousands of tourists and well wishers who have travelled vast distances just to glimpse this truly enlightened man.His Holiness The XIV Dalai Lama quotes extensively on happiness and how The Dalia Lama fled with his life along with a few number of government officials to India in 1959.Дharamshala has now become residence to the refugees of Tibet and his holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. China was swift and brutal, burning all cultural as religious artefacts, destroying temples and performing horrific acts upon monks and nuns, while the civilised world just watched. The uprising that came and the cultural cleansing preformed by the communist Chinese is one of recent historyвЂ™s most tragic stories. During the 1950вЂ™s China progressively and violently claimed Tibet as a state of the Chinese and denounced the Dalai Lama as a spiritual leader and all who followed him. He was 15 years old when he partly took over the political duties of Tibet.

After careful selection and some remarkable coincidences or fate, Tenzin was chosen as the reincarnation at the age of five. Tenzin was born in the small village of Taktser in Tibet, selected from a young age as being the possible reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama. The 14th Dalai Lama, born as Tenzin Gyatso is the current spiritual leader of Tibet. вЂњLet is recognise the precious nature of each dayвЂќ вЂњThe root of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciationвЂќ вЂњThe true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatredвЂќ вЂњChoose to be optimistic, it feels betterвЂќ вЂњMy religion is very simple, my religion is kindnessвЂќ

вЂњWe can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselvesвЂќ вЂњIn order to carry a positive action we must develop hear a positive visionвЂќ

Dalai lama quotes karma