The Compassionate Life - by Dalai Lama (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Touching and inspirational, this book is a personal invitation from one of the world's most gifted teachers to live a life of happiness, joy, and true prosperity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion. --His Holiness the Dalai Lama <p/>Giving and receiving affection is the key to happiness, and compassion is the key that opens our hearts to affection. Illuminating themes touched upon in <i>The Good Heart</i> and <i>The Art of Happiness</i>, this generous and gentle book contains some of the most beloved teachings on compassion that the Dalai Lama has ever offered. Touching and transformative, <i>The Compassionate Life</i> is a personal invitation from one of the world's most gifted teachers to live a life of happiness, joy, and true prosperity. <p/>Collected here for the first time are four of the Dalai Lama's most accessible and inspiring teachings on compassion. The purpose of life is to be happy, His Holiness reminds us. To be happy, we should devote ourselves to developing our own peace of mind; the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own peace of mind. Therefore, we must develop compassion for others in order to be truly happy. <p/>In these four teachings--imbued with the gentle humor and extraordinary kindness of this incomparable teacher--His Holiness explores altruism and the need for compassion on an individual as well as a global scale. He offers specific practices for developing loving-kindness and compassion in even the most difficult situations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A cogent and edifying little book about the art of cultivating compassion....In addition to his commentary on several passages from Eight Verses for Training the Mind by Langri Tangpa, the Dalai Lama also presents his spiritual readings on the ideas of global demilitarization and defense systems designed to insure protection against attack by enemies. All of this substantive material results in a deep and practical vision of the compassionate life.-- "Spirituality and Health"<br><br>Into this deceptively simple little book, the Dalai Lama has poured the goodness of his own heart and the distilled wisdom of lifetimes of work and teachings aimed at refining heart and mind. It is all here, everything we need to enact in our own lives, even in the most trying of times, if we are to realize our own beauty and that of others, and the possibilities of true happiness and peacefulness in this very life, right here and right now. This sorely needed prescription for sanity and kindness in the world is unbelievably simple and unbelievably important, and therefore a practice worthy of our wholehearted commitment.--Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Wherever You Go, There You Are<br><br>Simple but not simplistic; readers will enjoy this gentle, lucid call to the compassionate life.-- "Publishers Weekly"<br><br>The editors at Wisdom Publications have done an excellent job in organizing the Dalai's teachings. Beginners will delight in this excellent primer. And Buddhist old-timers will appreciate the more advanced teachings. And almost everyone knows that the Dalai Lama is worth reading and re-reading on any given day.-- "Amazon.com"<br><br>The Dalai Lama argues convincingly that putting others before ourselves is the key to both a happier life and a better society, and offers proven Buddhist techniques for how we can cultivate the mind of compassion and equanimity.--Melvin McLeod, Editor, the Shambhala Sun<br><br>This generous and gentle book contains some of the most beloved teachings on compassion that the Dalai Lama has ever offered-- a personal invitation to happiness from the Nobel Peace Prize-winner himself.-- "Cambridge's Harvard Bookstore (Bookseller of the Year 2002)"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>His Holiness the Dalai Lama</b> is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and a beacon of inspiration for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. He has persistently reached out across religious and political lines and has engaged in dialogue with scientists in his mission to advance peace and understanding in the world. In doing so, he embodies his motto, "My religion is kindness."
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