How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life

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Atria Books, 2002 M01 8 - 240 pages
As human beings, we possess one common desire: the need for happiness and a meaningful life. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the ability to find true fulfillment lies within each of us. Now, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, Nobel Prize winner, and bestselling author helps readers begin the path to enlightenment in a very special book -- an easy-access reference for daily practice as well as stunning illumination of the timeless wisdom of His Holiness.

"How to Practice" will guide you toward opening your heart, refraining from doing harm, maintaining mental tranquility, and more. Divided into a series of distinct steps that will lead spiritual seekers of all faiths toward enlightenment, this accessible book is a constant and daily companion in the quest to practice morality, meditation, and wisdom. The Dalai Lama shows us how to overcome our everyday obstacles, from feelings of anger and mistrust to jealousy, insecurity, and counterproductive thinking. Imbued with His Holiness' vivacious spirit and sense of playfulness, "How to Practice" offers the Dalai Lama's own sage and very practical insight into the human psyche and what binds us all together.

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How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life
Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,Dalai Lama
Limited preview - 2003

About the author (2002)

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born in 1935 to a peasant family in northeastern Tibet and was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. The world's foremost Buddhist leader, he travels extensively, speaking eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding, kindness and compassion, respect for the environment, and, above all, world peace.

Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D., served for a decade as the interpreter for the Dalai Lama. A Buddhist scholar and the author of more than thirty-five books and translations, he is emeritus professor of Tibetan and Buddhist studies at the University of Virginia, where he founded the largest academic program of Tibetan Buddhist studies in the West.

Bibliographic information

TitleHow to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life
AuthorHis Holiness the Dalai Lama
EditorJeffrey, Ph.D. Hopkins
Translated byJeffrey, Ph.D. Hopkins
PublisherAtria Books, 2002
ISBN0743427084, 9780743427081
Length240 pages
  
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