Basically Good

Basically Good: A Teaching by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

I believe that all human beings are of the same nature. At the mental and emotional levels we are the same. We all have the potential to become happy and nice people and we also have the potential to become very bad and harmful people. The same potential for these things is present within all of us; the important thing is to try to promote the positive and useful sides and try to reduce the negative sides.

Too much Desire

TOO MUCH DESIRE BRINGS PAIN. DEATH AND REBIRTH ARE TIRESOME ORDEALS: THEY STEM FROM OUR THOUGHTS OF GREED AND DESIRE. BY REDUCING DESIRES WE CAN REALIZE ABSOLUTE TRUTH AND ENJOY INDEPENDENCE AND WELL-BEING IN BOTH BODY AND MIND.