Quotes About Dalai Lama

A lot of people believe that when you are Buddhist, you are the Dalai Lama. I'm certainly not.

People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.

My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not

Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever

Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me.

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all of life is material and originated out of pure chance

Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.

I did study religion for a little while. I studied the Torah and the Holy Koran, Helios Biblos, which is considered by most people to be the Holy Bible. I just wanted to know, even with Buddhism and the Dalai Llama.

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I'm telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!

Alas, the truth had to be acknowledged. If Ms. Best was "the best," I was the Dalai Lama. She was not the best; she was not good; she was not average; she was not even bad. She was, in point of fact, the worst secretary I had ever hired—a living, breathing, full-fledged incompetent, fit only for employment by a government agency.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

What I believe, according to my own experience, is that a calm, peaceful mind is a very important element for sustaining the body in a balanced way.

Sometimes we complicate things too much. There is great wisdom in keeping things simple. When the Dalai Lama was asked to explain his religion and philosophy of life, he answered very simply that his religion is kindness. Can you envision a world in which kindness was everyone's primary motivation? We would be living in heaven on earth.

The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness.

I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.

On one occasion, in the middle of an intimate talk, Mao leaned over and whispered in the Dalai Lama's ear, "I understand you very well, but of course religion is poison.

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?

It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.

I make small mistakes every day. But major mistakes? It doesn't seem so. I've examined my service to the Tibetan people and to humanity, and I've done as much as I can in my life.