Everyone needs an open mind and an accepting heart. With a combination of these two aspects, you will be able to communicate sensibly. Lobsang Tenzin More Quotes by Lobsang Tenzin More Quotes From Lobsang Tenzin Communication will bring understanding and understanding will cause harmonious mutual relationships which can establish peace and stability. Lobsang Tenzin communicationunderstandingpeace The line of demarcation between history and legend is too thin to observe while writing; the two overlap each other unconsciously and unknowingly. Lobsang Tenzin legendwritingtwohistory To learn means by practice, by inquiring, by analyzing to find out what is, not what was. Lobsang Tenzin learnoutfindpractice In the Buddhist learning process, we say three stages. The first is hearing, the second is contemplation, and the third is meditation. Lobsang Tenzin saylearningthreeprocess If you are able to see the interrelatedness of mind and body, sensitivity towards your body becomes much sharper. Therefore, maintaining of good health also becomes easier. Lobsang Tenzin goodyougood-healthhealth You need not search for the compassionate mind from outside. To know yourself, to know your nature, your mind will automatically be the compassionate one. Lobsang Tenzin yourselfyounaturemind No one can avoid death; it is inevitable. Therefore, I should create in my mind a kind of willingness and accepting for that event without any fear. Lobsang Tenzin createfearminddeath For a person who is very much involved with the institution of religion but has lost the religious spirit, the 'religion' label is the real threat to liberty. Lobsang Tenzin personreallostreligion Today, education does not give you the wisdom and the understanding; it only indoctrinates you to believe something. So the mind knows very less but accepts so many things; it may be science, it may be technology, it may be anything. Lobsang Tenzin technologywisdomeducationscience People forget who they are; they always remain with an identity which is not the real self. It is just a projected self which does not exist, but they identify with this projected self appearance. Lobsang Tenzin identityselfforgetpeople We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed. Lobsang Tenzin leadgreedinfluencelife A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings. Lobsang Tenzin equalitydifficultcompassionmind A religion must be instrumental in spiritualising the individual into a boundless and holistic nature. Lobsang Tenzin mustindividualnaturereligion Faith and reason overpower each other throughout one's life, which results in contradiction, but the conflict never ceases in any sphere. Lobsang Tenzin neverconflictfaithlife Do not lose your independent mind, unconditioned mind. You have by nature a very powerful mind. You can find everything for yourself; you can know everything for yourself. Lobsang Tenzin yourselfyounaturemind Non-violence is the essence of the entire Buddha's teaching, and the practice of non-violence is the entire essence of the practice of Buddha dharma, Buddhist spirituality, in one's life. Lobsang Tenzin non-violenceessencepracticelife Every religion or every philosophy is an outcome of the human search for liberation. Lobsang Tenzin searchhumanphilosophyreligion Lack of understanding of interrelatedness has caused numerous divisions and conflicts that are the cause of many major challenges in the world such as war, violence, terrorism, economic disparity, and exploitation. Lobsang Tenzin terrorismchallengeswarworld Interreligious dialogue is extremely important for religious people as well as secular people or non-believers. They should participate, and they should be encouraged to have interreligious dialogue, because dialogue is a channel or an instrument to promote intimacy between individual. Lobsang Tenzin welldialogueimportantpeople I do not think any religion encourages intolerance. Intolerance is the biggest mental defilement, and every religion tries to remove this defilement. So we must understand that whenever there is intolerance, this comes from an irreligious mind. It is not created by religion, and it is not in the mind of the religious person. Lobsang Tenzin understandthinkmindreligion
