10 LIFE LESSONS FROM DALAI LAMA 1. The purpose of our lives is to be happy. 2. Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. 3. Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. 4. Well-being comes through action, not through prayer. 5. Sleep is the best meditation. 6. Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. 7, In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher. 8. When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others. 9. Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. 10, More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other’s well-being, is source of happiness.