Lobsang Tenzin Quotes

Lobsang Tenzin

Profession : Leader

Birth : November 5, 1939

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

Lobsang Tenzin

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.'

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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