His holiness the 14th Dalai Lama turns 75 today and the spiritual one is still doing his thing. The spiritual leader of Tibet is believed to be the reincarnation of his predecessors. Today his 75th birthday is being held in Dharamsala, India.
The exiled leader has been on the forefront of the Tibetan movement for nearly five decades. His progressive views have innovated a nation and given people hope when there was none. In fact you can even check him out on twitter where you can share in his enlightenment @dalailama. Everyone can learn something from his holiness, he is here to teach, so take some lessons from his holiness on his birthday.
In honor of his holiness’ birthday we’ve complied some of his most inspirational quotes.
“Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.”
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“In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged.”
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“I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness…”
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“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
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“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.”
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“We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”
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“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.”
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“When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people’s affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection.”
