Quotes About Compassion Dalai Lama

#1. Motivated by compassion for all sentient beings, Buddha Shakyamuni observed all these problems, and he reflected on the nature of his own existence. He found that all human beings undergo suffering, and he saw that we experience this unhappiness because of our undisciplined state of mind.

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#2. One of the basic points is kindness. With kindness, with love and compassion, with his feeling that is the essence of brotherhood, sisterhood, one will have inner peace. This compassionate feeling is the basis of inner peace.

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#3. Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.

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#4. Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.

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#5. The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion.

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#6. There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of the most important factors is human compassion and affection: a sense of caring.

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#7. The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.

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#8. Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival.

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#9. The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel.

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#10. To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.

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#11. Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

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#12. It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.

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#13. Through awareness, you get a certain attitude. That's the way, you see, to achieve more peaceful, more compassion, more friendship through that way.

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#14. Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

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#15. To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.

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

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#17. Compassion is by nature gentle, peaceful, and soft, but it is very powerful. It is those who easily lose their patience who are insecure and unstable. Thus, to me, the arousal of anger is a direct sign of weakness.

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#18. If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, if you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

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#19. Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate attitude, we need to make a concerted effort to develop compassion.

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#20. I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

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#21. Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal.

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#22. Enemies provide us some of the best opportunities to practice patience, tolerance, and compassion.

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#23. It is important not to allow ourselves to be put off by the magnitude of others' suffering. The misery of millions is not a cause for pity. Rather it is a cause for compassion.

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#24. Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we're to protect this home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal altruism and compassion.

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#25. Whatever the intellectual quality of the education given our children, it is vital that it include elements of love and compassion, for nothing guarantees that knowledge alone will be truly useful to human beings.

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#26. Eating, working, and making money are meaningless in themselves. However, even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives. P

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#27. The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.

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#28. Within all beings there is the seed of perfection. However, compassion is required in order to activate that seed which is inherent in our hearts and minds ...

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#29. Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being.

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#30. Anger and hatred are the greatest obstacles to compassion and love.

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#31. Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.

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#32. I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later. There is not much hurry. If in day to day life you lead a good life, honesty, with love, with compassion, with less selfishness, then automatically it will lead to Nirvana.

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#33. I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of human survival.

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#34. True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.

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#35. The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships.

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#36. Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship.

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#37. Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values: love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness.

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#38. And a compassionate person creates a warm, relaxed atmosphere of welcome and understanding around him. In human relations, compassion contributes to promoting peace and harmony.

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#39. You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them - for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions.

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#40. Compassion seems to be the greatest power.

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#41. Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

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#42. When something
needs to be done in the world
to rectify the wrongs,
if one is really concerned
with benefiting others,
one needs to be
engaged, involved.
This is action out of compassion.

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#43. When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems

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#44. Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness.

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#45. Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.

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#46. Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life

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#47. Contemplating this suffering which is unbearable to us, and is unbearable to others, too, can produce awake mind, which arises from the compassion that wishes to free all living beings from suffering.

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#48. The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others.

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#49. There are various positive side effects of enhancing one's feeling of compassion. One of them is that the greater the force of your compassion, the greater your resilience in confronting hardships and your ability to transform them into more positive conditions.

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#50. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities.

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#51. Love and compassion are the pillars of world peace.

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#52. Rather, genuine compassion is based on the rationale that all human beings have an innate desire to be happy and overcome suffering, just like myself. And, just like myself, they have the natural right to fulfill this fundamental aspiration.

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#53. For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind.

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#54. The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.

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#55. THE BASIC SOURCES OF HAPPINESS ARE a good heart, compassion, and love. If we have these, even if we're surrounded by hostility, we'll feel little disturbance.

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#56. The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

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#57. The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

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#58. There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.

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#59. The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.

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#60. Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness.

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#61. He told me that while he was in a Chinese Communist gulag for almost eighteen years, he faced danger on a few occasions. I thought he was referencing a threat to his own life. But when I asked, "What danger?" he answered, "Losing compassion toward the Chinese.

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#62. Through training there is knowledge. You can produce compassion, love, forgiveness. you can change yourself.

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#63. Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.

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#64. Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness.

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#65. One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

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#66. Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

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#67. Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people's hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human brain with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human heart with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

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#68. Rather, spend more on health and education for poor people. This is not forced socialism but voluntary compassion.

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#69. Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference.

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#70. As human beings we each have a responsibility to care for humanity. Expressing concern for others brings inner strength and deep satisfaction. As social animals, human beings need friendship, but friendship doesn't come from wealth and power, but from showing compassion and concern for others.

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#71. If you make your best effort to be kinder, nurture compassion, make the world a better place, then you can say 'At least I've done my best.

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#72. Once we are able to combine a feeling of empathy for others with a profound understanding of the suffering they experience, we become able to generate genuine compassion for them. We must work at this continually.

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#73. World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.

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#74. Genuine happiness and compassion go hand in hand.

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#75. When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When we are able to recognize and forgive ignorant actions of the past, we gain strength to constructively solve the problems of the present.

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#76. I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right attitude toward others based on kindness, compassion, love and respect.

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#77. I loved reading the Dalai Lama's words: "My religion is loving-kindness." I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future; and that meant loving-kindness to myself
in my pain, in my jealousy, in my fear.

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#78. We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond

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#79. The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival.

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#80. The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion.

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#81. World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something we can always carry with us.

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#82. 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.

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#83. So long as space remains
So long as sentient beings'
Suffering remains
I will remain
In order to help,
In order to serve.

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#84. Compassion
is not helpless
pity, but an
awareness and
determination
that demands
action.

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#85. Real compassion is based on reason. Ordinary compassion or love is limited by desire or attachment.

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#86. A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.

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#87. Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.

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#88. Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

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#89. Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they neglect these inner values. But love and compassion are qualities that human beings require just to live together.

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#90. Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

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#91. One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come.

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#92. Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion.

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#93. The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person.

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#94. I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the practice of compassion.

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#95. Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.

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#96. You are the people who are shaping a better world. One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion.

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#97. What acts as a far more effective circumstance for generating compassion and what, in fact, rouses us from our comfortable meditation seat is actually seeing or hearing others - encountering others directly, not just conceptually in our imagination.

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#98. It seems that for some people the idea of compassion entails a complete disregard for or even a sacrifice of their own interests. This is not the case. In fact, you first of all have to have a wish to be happy yourself - if you don't love yourself like that, how can you love others?

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#99. Living in society, we must share the suffering of our fellow citizens and practice compassion and tolerance not only toward our loved ones but also toward our enemies.

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#100. The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience.

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