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«I love friends, I want more friends. I love smiles. That is a fact. How to develop smiles? There are a variety of smiles. Some smiles are sarcastic. Some smiles are artificial-diplomatic smiles. These smiles do not produce satisfaction, but rather fear or suspicion. But a genuine smile gives us hope, freshness. If we want a genuine smile, then first we must produce the basis for a smile to come.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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artificial, basis, diplomatic, freshness, genuine, produce, sarcastic, satisfaction, smiles, suspicion, variety
«Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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«Politicians need religion even more than a hermit in retreat. If a hermit acts out of bad motivation, he harms no one but himself. But if someone who can directly influence the whole of society acts with bad motivation, then a great number of people will be adversely affected.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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adversely, affected, Bad Religion, directly, Great Society, harms, hermit, hermits, motivation, Politicians, retreat, whole number
«Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where e»
Author: Dalai Lama
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Mankind,
Perfection,
Possessions,
Power,
Progress,
World
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driven, e'en, external, increasingly, insatiable, materialistic, nowadays, possessions, reaching, striving, vast, zenith
«I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.»
«The prize reaffirms our conviction that with truth, courage and determination as our weapons, Tibet will be liberated. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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conviction, free of, liberated, non violent, prize, reaffirm, reaffirmed, reaffirming, reaffirms, The Prize, Tibet, violent, weapons
«From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasant»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Discrimination
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absolute truth, and others, delusion, Delusions, discrimination, unpleasant, various, viewpoint, viewpoints
«Sleep is the best meditation.»
«In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.»
«I am a simple Buddhist monk.»
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