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If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.

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Anger is the ultimate troublemaker. I feel you can express a strong disapproval or dislike of an object without losing your temper.

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Rulers come and go. It's the people who are the real rulers of the country.

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If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

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Genuine peace is based on inner peace, because you cannot build peace on the basis of anger

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I believe the ultimate source of blessings is within us. A good motivation and honesty bring self-confidence , which attracts the trust and respect of others. Therefore the real source of blessings is in our own mind.

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There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child.

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[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're born, child, no religious faith.

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It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.

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Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.

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I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage that nature, to make it live within us, to leave room for it to develop. If on the contrary we use violence, it is as if we voluntarily obstruct the positive side of human nature and prevent its evolution.

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If we can manage to refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious attention to actively doing good, and this can be a source of great joy and inner confidence. We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.

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I hope that at this moment you are thinking of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary.

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Then another thing, now this is mainly for our interest about Tibet, our struggle. Whole struggle depend on within person. For dangerous. Foolish! Not for this only institution or even not only for Buddhist dogma, but before national sort of right, our right. So therefore this struggle must carried by people themselves.

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To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run.

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I am just one human being.

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Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.

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The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.

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We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really.

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Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

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