February 2012
24 posts
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“In this ever-changing world there are two important things that we should keep...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“When you have fear, you can think: “Others have fear similar to this; may...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“What irritates us in the first place is that our wishes are not fulfilled. But...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Everything has its limits. Too much consumption or effort to make money is not...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Both bondage and true freedom depend on the varying stages of the clear light...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Here is a general statement about Tibetan medicine: Human physiology is spoken...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“If objects and people evoke attachment in us, we do not understand the true...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Nearly all of us receive our first lessons in peaceful living from our mothers,...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Our state of mind play a major role in our day-to-day experiences as well as our...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“We practice various meditations during dream states. The potential of such...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and health, happen to die young....”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Ideally, one should have a great deal of courage and strength, but not boast or...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Laziness will stop your progress in your spiritual practice. One can be deceived...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Among the 5.7 billion human beings, the older generation, including me, is...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“As long as you are not completely enlightened there will always be an inner...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“During conception, even the physical substance on which the self is...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“If the basic human nature was aggressive, we would have been born with animal...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Suffering increases your inner strength. Also, the wishing for suffering makes...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“For discovering one’s true inner nature, I think one should try to take...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“According to Buddhist practice, basically there are three stages or steps. The...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself....”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“To reounce the world means to give up your attachment to the world. It does not...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
January 2012
35 posts
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“Politicians need religion even more than a hermit in retreat. If a hermit acts...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Religion involves practice of methods and modes conductive to the realization of...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“It is said that if you want to know what you were doing in the past, look at...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Simply being praised is of no substantial help at all: it does not increase...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Determination, courage, and self-confidence are the key factors for success. In...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“A blossoming tree becomes bare and stripped in autumn. Beauty changes into...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Kindness is the key to peace and harmony in the family life. Families in exile...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“I tell my generation that we were born during the darkest period in our long...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“On the basis of external action, it is difficult to distinguish whether an...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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John Steinbeck on Love (circa 1958)
Take a look at this letter from author John Steinbeck to his eldest son Thom on falling in love with a girl at boarding school, posted on The Atlantic website:
New York November 10, 1958
Dear Thom:
We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.
First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s...
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“When a faulty deed has been done, after learning that it was wrong one can...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Whether in remote places or densely populated cities, we work and struggle for...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“It would be much more constructive if people tried to understand their supposed...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“If during the dreaming state you direct your awareness and your concentration to...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“All living beings, starting from insects, want happiness and not suffering....”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“The human level of mental development is not complete. Even in the ordinary...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Material progress alone is not sufficient to achieve an ideal society. Even in...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“I think religion, ideology, economy, and political systems are all man’s...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“In the case of one individual or person like myself, the practice of compassion...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”
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“Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we...”
– Dalai Lama’s “The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom”