If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness.

Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect results from meditation within a short period of time. What is required is continuous sustained effort.

The rationale for loving others is the recognition of the simple fact that every living being has the same right to and the same desire for happiness, and not suffering, and the consideration that you as one individual are one life unit as compared with the mulititude of others in their ceaseless quest for happiness.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

In the modern world, the interests of a particular community can no longer be considered to lie within the confines of its own boundaries.

We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha`s own words must be rejected.