Last Updated:Saturday, 18 February 2023

Dalai Lama Quotes

Recognition of Reincarnation of 13th Dalai Lama

Lhamo Thondup was born on 6th July 1935, in a cowshed to a farmer's family in Taktser, China, northeast of Tibet. His was a humble family of farmers and he was one of the 16 children to his parents. He was also one of the three reincarnated Rinpoches in the same family. At the age of two, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the previous 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. Soon Lhamo Thondup was renamed as Tenzin Gyatso. On February 5th 1940, the Central Government approved the request to exempt Lhamo Thondup from the lottery process to become the 14th Dalai Lama. Immediately at the age of six, he began his monastic education. Logic, medicine, Sanskrit grammar and fine arts were his major subjects and the minor subjects were astrology, composition, poetry, synonyms & drama. He was also trained by the highest monks in Lhasa. At the age of 15 in 1950, he was enthroned amidst the start of troubles with China, but continued to study until the age of 25.

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The tradition

The Dalai Lamas are the expressions of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron saint of Tibet, who have promised to be reborn to serve humanity. The Dalai Lamas have traditionally been responsible for the governing of Tibet. Until 1959, the official residence of the Dalai Lama was Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.

Fleeing to India

In the 1950s, the political landscape of China began to change. China was trying to bring Tibet officially under its control. Tibetans were unhappy and protested to end Chinese rule. Chinese People’s Republic troops charged the revolts killing thousands on the road. Then the Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet to India along with his large number of followers. He was welcomed to India by then Indian Prime Minister and also given permission to form the 'Tibetan government in exile' in Dharamsala.

Here are Quotes by Dalai Lama which is capable of making you a better person

  • If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. -Dalai Lama
  • Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. -Dalai Lama
  • If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. -Dalai Lama
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  • Sleep is the best meditation. -Dalai Lama
  • Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. -Dalai Lama
  • Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. -Dalai Lama
  • The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. -Dalai Lama
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  • In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. -Dalai Lama
  • It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. -Dalai Lama
  • A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity. -Dalai Lama
  • In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. -Dalai Lama
  • We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. -Dalai Lama
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  • In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time. -Dalai Lama
  • There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. -Dalai Lama
  • Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering. -Dalai Lama
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  • We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. -Dalai Lama
  • We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily. -Dalai Lama
  • Home is where you feel at home and are treated well. -Dalai Lama
  • Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. -Dalai Lama
  • It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown. -Dalai Lama
  • Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body. -Dalai Lama
  • My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. -Dalai Lama
  • Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life. -Dalai Lama
  • Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties. -Dalai Lama
  • All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment. -Dalai Lama
  • If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it. -Dalai Lama
  • If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it. -Dalai Lama
  • Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false. -Dalai Lama
  • I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted. -Dalai Lama
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  • Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. -Dalai Lama
  • Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety. -Dalai Lama
  • Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. -Dalai Lama
  • I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less. -Dalai Lama
  • I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier. -Dalai Lama
  • In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony. -Dalai Lama
  • My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. -Dalai Lama
  • As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use. -Dalai Lama
  • My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential. -Dalai Lama
  • If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. -Dalai Lama
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  • I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away. -Dalai Lama
  • I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture. -Dalai Lama
  • The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet. -Dalai Lama
  • I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence. -Dalai Lama

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Dalai Lama Statements

The 14th Dalai Lama has made a number of statements with respect to the 15th Dalai Lama and made it difficult for a Chinese person to appoint the 15th Dalai Lama. He said that the institution of the Dalai Lama might not be needed any more. He has also stated that it is up to the people if they want to continue the Dalai Lama lineage and preserve this aspect of Tibetan Buddhism. He has also opted to appoint his reincarnation before he dies by transferring his spiritual realization to the successor. The Dalai Lama has also said that if he dies outside of Tibet, his reincarnation would be located abroad and most likely India. He also stated that there is the possibility of being reborn as a woman

Peace and humanity

The Dalai Lama is a man of peace and has peacefully struggled to free Tibet. On 21st September 1987, in Washington DC, the Dalai Lama had proposed a 5-Point Peace Plan for Tibet in an address to members of the United States Congress as the first step towards a peaceful solution to the worsening situation in Tibet. In 1989, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of Tibet. He became the first Noble Laureate to be documented for his concern for global environmental problems.

The spiritual monk and Buddhist leader, Dalai Lama has traveled to more than 67 countries. In appreciation of his message of compassion, peace, inter-religious understanding, non-violence and universal responsibility, he is honored with more than 150 awards, honorary doctorates and recognitions. He has written more than 100 books. The holy leader is full of wise words and positive attitude and thus his quotes are as noble and calm as him. So let us share the noble Quotes by the Dalai Lama with our friends and family to bring positivity in their lives. Let's make this world a peaceful and non-violent place to live.

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