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His Holiness Dalai Lama’s Instructions for Life |
| Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. | |
| When you lose, you don’t lose the lesson. | |
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Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions. |
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| Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. | |
| Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. | |
| Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship. | |
| When you realise you have made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. | |
| Spend some time alone every day. | |
| Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values. | |
| Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. | |
| Live a good, honourable life. Then, when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time. | |
| A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation of your life. | |
| In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past. | |
| Share your knowledge, it’s a way to achieve immortality. | |
| Be gentle with earth. | |
| Once a year, go some place you have never been before. | |
| Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. | |
| Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. | |
| Approach love and cooking with wreckless abandon. |






