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"Our highest duty as human beings is to search out a means whereby beings may be freed from all kinds of sufferings or unsatisfactory experience (duhkha)..."
Bstan-dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV in Opening of the Wisdom Eye
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DALAI LAMA
Interview conducted by Dawn Engle & Ivan Suvanjieff at the residence of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, in Dharamsala, India, May 22, 1995
"By developing a sense of respect for others and a concern for their welfare, we reduce our own selfishness, which is the source of all problems, and enhance our sense of kindness which is a natural source of goodness."
Bstan-dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV
A protector for those without protection
A guide for those who have lost their way
A ship for those with oceans to cross
A bridge for those with rivers to cross
A sanctuary for those in danger
A lamp for those without light
A place of refuge for those who lack shelter
And a servant to all in need."
His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Ethics for the New Millennium
"In order to understand the significance of events in our lives, in fact, in order to perceive the strange patterns of our destiny (which according to Buddhist conviction are the outcome of our own Karma our own former deeds), which condition our present thoughts and actions, we have to look back from time to time and trace the origin and the course of the main threads of the complicated fabric which we call life.Sometimes a glance, a few casual words, fragments of a melody floating through the quiet air of a summer evening, a book that accidentally comes into our hands, a poem or a memory-laden fragrance, may bring about the impulse which changes and determines our whole life."
Lama Anagarika Govinda in Way of the White Clouds