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When You Think Everything Is Someone Else's Fault, You Will Suffer A Lot. When You Realize That Everything Springs Only From Yourself, You Will Learn Both Peace And Joy.

Death And Dying Provide A Meeting-point Between The Tibetan Buddhist And Modern Scientific Traditions. I Believe Both Have A Great Deal To Contribute To Each Other On The Level Of Understanding And Of Practical Benefit.

We Need A Sense Of The Oneness Of The 7 Billion Human Beings Alive Today. When I Meet People, I Don't Think About Being Different From Them, About Being Tibetan, Buddhist Or Even The Dalai Lama. I Only Think About Being A Human Being. We All Share The Potential For Positive And Negative Emotions, Yet One Of Our Special Qualities Is Our Human Mind, Our Intelligence. If We Use It Well We'll Be Successful And Happy.

If You Can Cultivate The Right Attitude, Your Enemies Are Your Best Spiritual Teachers Because Their Presence Provides You With The Opportunity To Enhance And Develop Tolerance, Patience And Understanding.

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.