Dalai Lama: How To Lead A Better Life

Advice from His Holiness, who turns 90 today, July 6, 2025.

'Our lifespan is defined by our karma.'

'Our true enemies reside inside ourselves, not outside.'

'Violence can never create anything stable.'

'What we create in the mind will last much longer.'

'Dharma is the actual refuge.'

'The mind is not physical. No one can touch it, no one can destroy it.'

'Name has no essence. Fame has no meaning.'

'Always guard the doors of the senses with mindfulness, conscientiousness and alertness.'

'Once you defeat disturbing emotions, they cannot return.'

'Rather than being confrontational, it would be wiser and meaningful to learn from each other.'

'It would be a mistake to think that by changing our clothes, saying prayers or making prostrations encompasses the practice of Dharma.'