We also often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

When things are desperate, there is no need to pretend that everything is beautiful.

Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of...

Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.

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

Personally I’m quite jovial with not much worry. I do my best, which is moderation, and failure doesn’t matter.

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion.

The main difference between us, Buddhism and other philosophies, is that we do not accept the notion of a living god, but rather that we are responsible for our future happiness.

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

The true antidote to greed is contentment. If you have a strong sense of contentment, it doesn’t matter whether you obtain the object of your desire or not. Either way, you are still content.

Buddha’s full teachings dispel the pain of worldly existence and self-oriented peace; may they flourish, spreading prosperity and happiness throughout this spacious world.

Some consider me as a living Buddha. That’s nonsense. That’s silly. That’s wrong. If they consider me a simple Buddhist monk, however, that’s probably okay.

From a certain point of view our real enemy, the true troublemaker, is inside.

There is an old Tibetan saying: wherever you feel at home, you are at home. If your surroundings are pleasant, you are at home.

There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful.

If you lose your temper, your sound sleep will go, and you will have to use a tranquilizer or sleeping pills ‘¦ Then gradually, more white hair, wrinkles.

It is important not to have the unrealistic expectation that we will find a magic key to help get rid of all suffering. It takes determination, patience, and more than one week.

Discipline means protection from one’s own wanton interest.

All the problems of the world – child labor, corruption – are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.

I believe if we human beings keep our self-confidence and determination and use wisdom properly, I think we have the ability to overcome problems.

Who provides the opportunity to cultivate patience? Not our friends. Our enemies give us the most crucial chances to grow.

Afflictive emotions – our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear – can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you...