== Dalai Lama Instructions ==

Instructions for Life in the new millennium from the Dalai Lama:

 1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
 2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
 3. Follow the three R's: Respect for self, respect for others and responsibility for all your actions.
 4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
 5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
 6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
 7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
 8. Spend some time alone every day.
 9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism.
But the problem is not really there. What we ordinarily speak of as materialism is a result, not a cause.
The root of materialism is a poverty of ideas about the inner and outer world.
Less and less does our contemporary culture have, or even seek, commerce with great ideas, and it is that lack that is weakening the human spirit.
This is the essence of materialism. Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.


== Good Luck Tantra Nepalese ==

Instructions for Life:

 1. Give people more than they expect. Do so cheerfully.
 2. Memorize your favorite poem.
 3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all  you want.
 4. When you say, "I love you," mean it.
 5. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.
 6. Be engaged to be married for at least six months.
 7. Believe in love at first sight.
 8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People  who don't have dreams don't have much.
 9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives.
12. Talk slowly, think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer,  smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
15. Call your mum.
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
17. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
18. Remember the three R's:
      Respect for self;
      Respect for others;
      Responsibility for all your actions.
19. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
20. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps  to correct it.
21. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
22. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
23. Spend some time alone every day.
24. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
25. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
26. Read more books and watch less TV.
27. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time.
28. Trust in God but lock your car.
29. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home.
29*. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
30. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation.  Don't bring up the past.
31. Read between the lines.
32. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
33. Be gentle with the earth.
34. Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.
35. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
36. Mind your own business.
37. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't  close his/her eyes when you kiss.
38. Once a year, go some place you've never  been before.
39. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth's greatest  satisfaction.
40. Remember that not getting what you want  is sometimes a stroke of luck.
41. Learn the rules then break some.
42. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
43. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
44. Remember that your character is your destiny.
45. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.


== Good Luck Tantra Chinese ==

Instructions for Life:

 1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
 2. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
 3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
 4. When you say, "I love you", mean it.
 5. When you say, "I'm sorry", look the person in the eye.
 6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
 7. Believe in love at first sight.
 8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
 9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives.
12. Talk slowly but think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
15. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
16. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
17. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
18. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
19. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
20. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
22. Spend some time alone.
23. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
24. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
25. Read more books and watch less TV.
26. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time.
27. Trust in God but lock your car.
28. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
29. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
30. Read between the lines.
31. Share your knowledge... It's a way to achieve immortality.
32. Be gentle with the earth.
33. Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.
34. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
35. Mind your own business.
36. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.
37. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
38. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.
39. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck,
40. Learn the rules then break some.
41. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
42. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
43. Remember that your character is your destiny.
44. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.