Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less. 

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium. 

If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.

Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

Disagreement is something normal.

Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.

World belongs to humanity, not the leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity. 

Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for others well-being, is source of happiness.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.

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.  message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. 

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

The best way to solve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

I am just one human being.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.

When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'