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.
The Art of Happiness broke new ground, made the Dalai Lama accessible to a larger audience, spread his words of wisdom and message of inner peace, and captured the imagination of America. Now His Holiness the Dalai Lama has or again teamed up with psychiatrist Howard C. Cutler to resume the discussion he began in that seminal work about what makes life meaningful. Cutler has continued his conversations with the Dalai Lama, asking him the quest...
Each one of us is responsible for all of humankind, and for the environment in which we live. . . . We must seek to lessen the suffering of others. Rather than working solely to acquire wealth, we need to do something meaningful, something seriously directed toward the welfare of humanity as a whole. To do this, you need to recognize that the whole world is part of you. —from How to Be Compassionate The surest path to true happiness lies in be...
In Tibet werden die Worte großer Meister oft in Büchern gesammelt, die den Titel 'Ratschläge des Herzens' tragen. Diese Tradition will der Dalai Lama hier aufgreifen. Was dabei herauskommt, was sich so verständlich und schlicht anhört, ist nichts weniger als die Summe seiner Gedanken - Gedanken, die jeden von uns auf seinem Weg begleiten können, egal, woher wir kommen und was wir glauben.