Lobsang Tenzin

“Dying peacefully means to avoid any immediate cause for anger, fear, or strong desire.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In ancient times, we were users; we used the commodities in accordance to our needs. Using is not sufficient for the modern market; it needs consumers. Consuming means consuming things much more than the natural need of humanity or of any living being.”

“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.”

“We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.”

“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.”

“Because all the thought processes are limited, they are conditioned, and the thought does not touch directly with the reality, the truth; thoughts only grasps at the image of the truth.”

“Training and education is one and the same: that is, to train the mind through a discipline in order to awake the inner intelligence of the individuals.”

“Faith and reason overpower each other throughout one's life, which results in contradiction, but the conflict never ceases in any sphere.”

“The line of demarcation between history and legend is too thin to observe while writing; the two overlap each other unconsciously and unknowingly.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Bodily discomfort and emotional fear and attachment make the dying uncomfortable and fearful. So, to help those dying people, I think modern medical science has a lot of facilities to reduce pain, or perhaps not to reduce pain, but not to experience pain.”

“A religion must be instrumental in spiritualising the individual into a boundless and holistic nature.”

“A compassionate mind is very difficult to cultivate because compassion demands a sense of equality between all living beings.”

“To seek advice is easy, easy-approach job. To find the truth by yourself, that is a little difficult, and you have to work hard continuously, and you will find it.”

“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.”

“For the exploitation of human greed, they have devised comparison and competition. Right from childhood on, we are indoctrinated to compare and compete, and there is a word, a phrase: 'free and fair competition.'”

“To learn means by practice, by inquiring, by analyzing to find out what is, not what was.”