Warm-heartedne ss and concern for othersโ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.
Dalai LamaNon-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each otherโs rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loserโnot that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way.
Dalai LamaSo long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.
Dalai LamaA sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness
Dalai LamaBasically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.
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