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The Dalai Lama on finding meaning

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The Dalai Lama's Belief About One's Spiritual Tradition

This excerpt from "The Spiritual Quest" explores the personal, spiritual journey with Karen Armstrong, the best-selling author of "A History of God," and Robert Thurman, the first American ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk.

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Robert Thurman
2009
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How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life

As human beings, we all share the desire for happiness and meaning in our lives. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the ability to find true fulfillment lies within each of us.

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The Dalai Lama
2003
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Death as a Part of Life

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks to students from Denmark on how living a meaningful life leads to no regrets at the time of death during their meeting at his residence in Dharamshala, HP, India on April 2, 2018.

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The Dalai Lama
2018
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FindCenter Quotes ImageOld friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend—or a meaningful day.

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I Am

Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what's wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it.

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2010
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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe are visitors on this planet. We are here for one hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. if you contribute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true meaning of life.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageSo, let us reflect what is truly of value in life, what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorities on the basis of that. The purpose of our life needs to be positive. We weren’t born with the purpose of causing trouble, harming others.

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