Dalai Lama — Spiritual Quotes

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Dalai Lama Quotes

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Dalai Lama

Spiritual Leader

Spiritual

“So long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.”

Real Long Emotion

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Dalai Lama

Spiritual Leader

Spiritual

“Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish. This is the only way to achieve salvation or nirvana.”

Light Ignorance Roots

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“All sentient beings have the seed of the Buddha within them.”

Spiritual Seeds Sentient Beings

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“Spend some amount of time alone everyday.”

Everyday Karma

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“The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.”

Enemy Patience

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“Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is the outcome depends on your response.”

Spiritual Growth Uplifting

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“If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.”

Views Buddhism Buddhist

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“One of the expressions of Western over-reliance on technology can be seen in the lack of patience in industrial society. When you deal with technology, everything happens at the touch of a button. This conditions you to become so impatient that when you have an emotional or personal crisis, you don't allow time for the solution to take effect. This leads to all sorts of rash responses, like quarrels, fights and so on.”

Fighting Technology Time

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“Religion does not mean just precepts, a temple, monastery, or other external signs, for these as well as hearing and thinking are subsidiary factors in taming the mind.”

Thinking Mean Mind

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“I believe deeply that we must find a new spirituality... in such a way that all people of good will could adhere to it... We ought to promote this concept with the help of scientists... It could lead us to what we are looking for.”

People Believe Spiritual

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“There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions, because there is such a large variety of dispositions. I believe that each individual should embark upon a spiritual path that is best suited to his or her mental disposition, natural inclination, temperament, belief, family and cultural background.”

Thinking Believe Spiritual

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“May I examine my mind in all actions and as soon as a negative state occurs, since it endangers myself and others, may I firmly face and avert it.”

Mind May Negative

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