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“When our attitude towards our material possessions and wealth is not proper, it can lead to an extreme attachment towards such things as our property, houses and belongings. This can lead to an inability to feel contented. If that happens, then one will always remain in a state of dissatisfaction, always wanting more. In a way, one is then really poor, because the suffering of poverty is the suffering of wanting something and feeling the lack of it.”
― The Dalai Lama’s Book of Wisdom: Words from His Holiness on Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Compassion
― The Dalai Lama’s Book of Wisdom: Words from His Holiness on Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Compassion
“We can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better.”
― Violence and Compassion: Dialogues on Life Today
― Violence and Compassion: Dialogues on Life Today
“There is a Possibility of freedom from suffering. By removing the causes of suffering, it is possible to attain a state of Liberation, a state free from suffering. According to Buddhist thought, the root causes of suffering are ignorance, craving, and hatred. These are called the ‘three poisons of the mind.’These”
― The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
― The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
“What we need today is an approach to ethics which makes no recourse to religion and can be equally acceptable to those with faith and those without: a secular ethics.”
― Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
― Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World
“The basic foundation of the practice of morality is to refrain from ten unwholesome actions: three pertaining to the body, four pertaining to speech, and three pertaining to thought. The three physical non-virtues are: (1) killing: intentionally taking the life of a living being, whether a human being, an animal, or even an insect; (2) stealing: taking possession of another’s property without his or her consent, regardless of its value; and (3) sexual misconduct: committing adultery. The four verbal non-virtues are: (4) lying: deceiving others through spoken word or gesture; (5) divisiveness: creating dissension by causing those in agreement to disagree or those in disagreement to disagree further; (6) harsh speech: verbally abusing others; and (7) senseless speech: talking about foolish things motivated by desire and so forth. The three mental non-virtues are: (8) covetousness: desiring to possess something that belongs to someone else; (9) harmful intent: wishing to injure others, whether in a great or small way; and (10) wrong view: holding that such things as rebirth, the law of cause and effect, or the Three Jewels8 do not exist.”
― The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice
― The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice
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