Written by: George Alexandrov
Thursday, September 28, 2006

A friend of mine forwarded to me an email with this year's message of the Dalai Lama. Well, it turned out this chain email was not exactly coming from the Dalai Lama (especially saying #19), as discredited on Snopes.com (article: "Hello, Dalai"). However, the message still conveys a message of wisdom. These are a few short, thought-provoking sayings of the type that you hear every now and then. But let me tell you that no matter how many times we hear them, it is a good thing. People have to hear something at least six times within a period of time before they remember it and start thinking about it. Such pieces of wisdom make us stop for a second, think, and then go on with our lives, hopefully a bit more skillfully than before. 

It is not the sayings that are the essence, it is the result of our thought process that is the product of wisdom. The sayings are just the catalyst. We can think of these sayings as a cosmetic mind scrub that washes the dead and unyielding pieces of mindset away to give space for new and healthy thinking to develop.

Take what you can from below and good luck on the path to your wisdom and success:

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s:
1. Respect for self,
2. Respect for others and
3. Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon. (???)

Find more of what the Dalai Lama has actually said on this web site: http://www.tibet.com/DL/ 

Trackback Print

Location: Blogs George's Blog