Dalai Lama Quotes

The gospel of Jesus Christ is that penetrating light which shines through the darkness of our lives.

The highest happiness is when one reaches the stage of liberation, at which there is no more suffering.

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.

Her light shall pierce through the darkness of ignorance and man’s oppression.

A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power

Few are those among men who have crossed over to the other shore, while the rest of mankind runs along the bank. However those who follow the principles of the well-taught Truth will cross over to the other shore, out of the dominion of Death, hard though it is to escape.

Delusion will vanish as the light becomes more and more effulgent, load after load of ignorance will vanish, and then will come a time when all else has disappeared and the sun alone shines.

Turn away. From the darkness, the madness, the pain. Open your eyes and look at the light.

I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realized only by the wise.

With all your science can you tell me how it is, and when it is, that light comes into the soul?

Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once was darkness, ignorance and superstition. There is no personal salvation, except through science.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now, housebuilder, I have found you out. You will not build me a house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridge-pole shattered. My mind is free from active thought, and has made an end of craving.

Darkness, that here surrounds our purblind understanding, will vanish at the dawning of eternal day.

Where, except in uncreated light, can the darkness be drowned?

All human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads till all is luminous.

When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness

The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.

As children, Siddhartha and Jesus both realized that life is filled with suffering. The Buddha became aware at an early age that suffering is pervasive. Jesus must have had the same kind of insight, because they both made every effort to offer a way out. We, too, must learn to live in ways that reduce the world's suffering.

Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge.

It is knowledge that ultimately gives salvation.

The the illuminated mind the whole world sparkles with light.

Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light