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

Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully. It is constructive and worthwhile to analyze our emotions, including compassion and our sense of caring, so that we can become more calm and happy.

The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.

Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.

I don't want to be a prisoner in a palace, living in such a constricted way - too tight!