Looking at the pattern of our existence from birth to death, we can see the way in which we are fundamentally nurtured by other's affection.

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people's hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human brain with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human heart with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.

Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

Of course, when I say that human nature is gentleness, it is not 100 percent so. Every human being has that nature, but there are many people acting against their nature, being false.

We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted.