If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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Tenzin Gyatso
Tibetan Buddhist leader born 1935. Recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama at four, he fled to India in 1959 and built the Dharamsala exile administration. He received the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize and teaches compassion.
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