{"id":65,"date":"2009-09-07T13:05:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T12:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innerpieces.net\/weblog\/?p=65"},"modified":"2022-04-30T16:22:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T15:22:17","slug":"instructions-for-life-from-the-dalai-lama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/instructions-for-life-from-the-dalai-lama\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructions for Life from the Dalai Lama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These words came to me some years ago but I think they are timeless.\u00a0 To me they are an invaluable reminder that the answers to creating a more sustainable and harmonious world truely are simple and start with each of us as individuals.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66 alignright\" title=\"dalai_lama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dalai_lama.jpg\" alt=\"dalai_lama\" width=\"200\" height=\"238\" \/>1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.<br \/>\n2. When you lose, don&#8217;t lose the lesson.<br \/>\n3. Follow the 3 R&#8217;s: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions.<br \/>\n4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.<br \/>\n5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.<br \/>\n6. Don&#8217;t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.<br \/>\n7. When you realize you&#8217;ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.<br \/>\n8. Spend some time alone every day.<br \/>\n9. Open arms to change, but don&#8217;t let go of your values.<br \/>\n10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.<br \/>\n11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you&#8217;ll be able to enjoy it a second time.<br \/>\n12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.<br \/>\n13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don&#8217;t bring up the past.<br \/>\n14. Share your knowledge. It&#8217;s a way to achieve immortality.<br \/>\n15. Be gentle with the earth.<br \/>\n16. Once a year, go someplace you&#8217;ve never been before.<br \/>\n17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.<br \/>\n18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.<br \/>\n19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These words came to me some years ago but I think they are timeless.\u00a0 To me they are an invaluable reminder that the answers to creating a more sustainable and harmonious world truely are simple and start with each of us as individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esoteric","tag-dalai-lama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}