“The more honest you are, the more open, the less fear you will have, because there's no anxiety about being exposed or revealed to others.”
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"Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and an increasingly popular speaker and statesman. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that "the very motion of our life is towards happiness." How to get there has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand." "Through conversations, stories, and meditations, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day anxiety, insecurity, anger, and discouragement. Together with Dr. Cutler, he explores many facets of everyday life, including relationships, loss, and the pursuit of wealth, to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho
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“The more honest you are, the more open, the less fear you will have, because there's no anxiety about being exposed or revealed to others.”
“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to ha...”
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”
“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
“Sometimes when I meet old friends, it reminds me how quickly time passes. And it makes me wonder if we've utilized our time properly or not. Proper utilization of time is so important. While...”