10 Enlightening Quotes by Dalai Lama on Life’s Various Aspects

1. If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. Dalai Lama

2. Love is the absence of Judgment. Dalai Lama

3. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. Dalai Lama

4. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. Dalai Lama

5. The more you are motivated by love the more. The more fearless and free our action will be. Dalai Lama

6. Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience. Dalai Lama

7. A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure. Dalai Lama

8. It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others. Dalai Lama

9. Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways. Dalai Lama

10. There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us, not even the Buddha. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life. Dalai Lama

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Dalai Lama’s Speech in Literature Festival Jaipur

On the opening day of the DSC Jaipur literature Festival, The lawns at the Diggi Palace Jaipur were fully packed.

As, Tibetan Spiritual Leader His Holiness the14th Dalai Lama,  Tenzin Gyatso, made his way to the stage to address the opening day. On this occasion, the Dalai Lama began his conversation, by mentioning the influence of literature on his life.

He said “As a young boy, I was not much interested in philosophy, but stories like the Jataka were very moving”.

He said jokingly, that he did not like the stories about miracles because he did not believe in them, but he enjoyed reading stories that showed that capability of a human or an animal to help others.

 “Whenever I have time, I’m always reading the root texts of Buddhism I learned when I was 6 or 7 years old,”

The Dalai Lama said "India is our guru we are the chelas and the source of all the knowledge we have has come from Nalanda, He also called India a living example of how different religions and communities can live in coexistence and India's greatness lies in the idea of Ahimsa.

This country is a living example for the world to see how so many religions can exist together for centuries," he said.

Dalai Lama praised Indian Democratic Ideals and said “India’s constitution is based on secularism; secularism does not mean to disrespect religion but rather to respect all religions and also respect nonbelievers,”

He also said "China is world's most populous country and India is one of the world's most populous democratic country. China could learn much from India," he said. "Genuine friendship between India and China is essential.

On the basis of mutual trust the Hindi Chini, bhai bhai, relation is essential.” And called for genuine friendship between the two nations.

Regarding the increasing cases of violence against women he said, "These days I have been noticing that big cities are reporting so many incidents of violence like rapes, murders.

We must provide more security for women.” He also said, the mistakes of the twentieth century should not be repeated, calling the last century “an era of violence and bloodshed.”

He even added “If this had led to positive change it might have been justified, but instead it produced pain, fear and widespread destruction.

Now in the twenty-first century if we are not to repeat these mistakes, we need to make it instead a century in which dialogue is the way to solve our problems.”

Dalai Lama also noted that DSC Jaipur Literature festival, which is in its sixth year, is the most prestigious celebration of national and international literature to be held in India.

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