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Inspiring Words From The Dali Lama |
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Aazdak Alisimo |
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Inspiring Words From the Dali Lama
Aazdak Alisimo
As we move through life, it is important to take an accounting to figure out where we are and if we are on the correct path. The following advice by the Dali Lama applies to anyone anywhere and can help you mark your path.
Encountering sufferings will definitely contribute to the elevation of your spiritual practice, provided you are able to transform calamity and misfortune into the path.
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
Spend some time alone every day.
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
The creatures that inhabit this earth be they human beings or animals are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, selfcherishing is eliminated.
Samsaraour conditioned existence in the perpetual cycle of habitual tendencies and nirvana genuine freedom from such an existence are nothing but different manifestations of a basic continuum. So this continuity of consciousness us always present. This is the meaning of tantra.
When ever Buddhism has taken root in a new land, there has been a certain variation in the style in which it is observed. The Buddha himself taught differently according to the place, the occasion and the situation of those who were listening to him.
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
Many of the earths habitats, animals, plants, insects and even microorganisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility to act; we must do so before it is too late.
Our beautiful world is facing many crises.... It is not a time to pretend everythings good.
It is easy to point out the mistakes of others, while it is hard to admit ones own mistakes. A man broadcasts the sins of others without thinking, but he hides his own sins as a gambler hides his extra dice.
When you think everything is someone elses fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.
Every man has the basis of good. Not only human beings, you can find it among animals and insects, for instance, when we treat a dog or horse lovingly.
Dont try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whateveryoualreadyare.
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