Wise words

[oscarose]

“Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life.

And a good life does not mean just good food, good clothes,good shelter. These are not sufficient. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion, without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their rights and human dignity.”

The Dalai Lama

[EternalOptimist]

“Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life.

And a good life does not mean just good food, good clothes,good shelter. These are not sufficient. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion, without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their rights and human dignity.”

The Dalai Lama

ah yes, the old Dalai


was this one of his - 'May you Buy Cheap and sell Dear'

[mudskipper]

Ah yes, this incarnation's a good 'un.

Dalai Lamas haven't always been so virtuous and wise

Tsangyang Gyatso, the 6th Dalai Lama was more into wine, women and song than spiritual contemplation.

6th Dalai Lama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[suityou01]

Yep, but unworkable in Luton.

[vetran]

“Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life.

And a good life does not mean just good food, good clothes,good shelter. These are not sufficient. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion, without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their rights and human dignity.”

The Dalai Lama

So Marcus Aurelius's wisdom a couple of thousand years too late?

[oscarose]

So Marcus Aurelius's wisdom a couple of thousand years too late?

thanks vetran - i'm looking up this dude

[oscarose]

Dalai Lamas haven't always been so virtuous and wise

Tsangyang Gyatso, the 6th Dalai Lama was more into wine, women and song than spiritual contemplation.

6th Dalai Lama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

the temptations must have been too much - interesting read!

[greenlake]