We are all here on this planet, as tourists, as it were. None of us can live here forever. The longest we might live is a hundred years. So while we are here we should try to have a good heart and to make something positive and useful of our lives.
When I meet people, I just think of myself as another human being, I don’t think about being a Buddhist, a Tibetan or the Dalai Lama, just a human being — I find it’s easier to make friends that way. And I find that a smile is a true expression of friendship.
You did not choose your:
1 birthplace
2 skin color
3 birth parents or family
4 birth gender
5 birth language
6 birth name
7 ethnicity
8 born abilities
You can choose to be:
1 honest
2 generous
3 kind
4 grateful
5 respectful
6 optimistic
7 humble
8 teachable
9 faithful
10 happy
If you want to master something, teach it.
The more you teach, the better you learn.
Teaching is a powerful tool to learning.
—Professor Richard Feynman
“What is investment?
Usain Bolt won 8 gold medals in 3 Olympics, and he only ran for less than 115 seconds on the track, earning $119 million dollars. That’s economy of effort.
But for those 2 minutes, he trained for 20 years. That’s investment. Think long term. Patience pays.”
If you find anyone depressed, make sure you reach out and push them into doing Yoga, Kriya & Meditation. I have seen lakhs of people coming out of this tendency. #MentalHealth#depression
If you like bouncing balls explaining how to slow down #coronavirus, my latest story in the @washingtonpost is for you: Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve” https://t.co/28CQLp0Xfc
We must keep fighting for the kind of world we want to live in. On this #DataPrivacyDay let us all insist on action and reform for vital privacy protections. The dangers are real and the consequences are too important.