An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too.

The essence of all religions is love, compassion, and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. The clear proof of a person's love of God is if that person genuinely shows love to fellow human beings.

There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

I am a simple Buddhist monk.

We must not lose our trust in the power of truth. Everything is always changing in the world.

In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are of deities or Buddhas, and they try to send a message of the value of the spiritual.