The essential Dalai Lama
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
'The Essential Dalai Lama' is a compendium of the Dalai Lama's wisdom on all aspects of life from work to happiness and enlightenment.
'The Essential Dalai Lama' is a compendium of the Dalai Lama's wisdom on all aspects of life from work to happiness and enlightenment.
In this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happiness. The Art of Happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the Dalai Lama's eastern spiritual tradition with Dr Howard C. Cutler's western perspective. Covering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of Tibetan Buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete spiritual and mental freedom. For the many who wish to understand more about the Dalai Lama's approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real world.
Associated with the promotion of world peace, the Kalachakra - or "Wheel of Time" - tantra is one of the most detailed and encompassing systems of theory and practice within Tibetan Buddhism. This book contains a complete translation of the Kalachakra initiation ritual as it was conferred by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Washington DC in July 2011, along with his commentary and a comprehensive introduction by Professor Jeffrey Hopkins that explores the Kalachakra's rich symbolism, meaning, and history. The book also includes the Six-Session Yoga.
Worlds in Harmony offer wide-ranging yet focused exchanges among seven highly-accomplished panelists and H.H. the Dalai Lama who address inner-city violence, environmental destruction, roles of women, war and its aftermath, and other crucial issues of our time.
In this astonishingly frank autobiography, the Dalai Lama reveals the remarkable inner strength that allowed him to master both the mysteries of Tibetan Buddhism and the brutal realities of Chinese Communism.
Though [the Dalai Lama] is one of the most erudite scholars ... he has a gift for reducing his doctrine to a core of lucid practicality, crystallized in the title of his book, Kindness, Clarity and Insight.--Time Magazine