“According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own …”

“According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the potential or seed of enlightenment, within them. So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?”

— Dalai Lama

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Title: Wikiquote: Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
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Answering the question: "Do sentient beings have free will?" in Dzogchen : The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection (2001), p. 168, .

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Lama, Dalai. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama

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