We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.

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

Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an alert and calm mind are the source of real happiness and good health. Our human intelligence tells us which of our emotions are positive and helpful and which are damaging and to be restrained or avoided.

I always emphasize that it is much safer and better to keep one's own religious faith. The other major religions are thousands of years old and have long traditions.

Im a Tibetan monk, not a vegetarian.

You are the people who are shaping a better world. One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion.

The training of the mind is an art. If this can be considered art, one's life is art.