Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on others. They think either that the other's pain may somehow be a cause of happiness for themselves or that their own happiness is more important, regardless of what pain it may cause. But this is shortsighted. No one truly benefits from causing harm to another sentient being. . . . . In the long run causing others misery and infringing their rights to peace and happiness result in anxiety, fear, and suspicion within oneself.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.

It is our basic right to be a happy person, happy family, and eventually a happy world. That should be our goal.

A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.

Today, due to the massive Chinese population transfer, the nation of Tibet truly faces the threat of extinction, along with its unique cultural heritage of Buddhist spirituality.

Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.