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How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life (His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

by Dalai Lama

ISBN13: 9780743453363
ISBN10: 0743453360
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As human beings, we all share the desire for happiness and meaning in our lives. According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the ability to find true fulfillment lies within each of us. In this very special book, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, Nobel Prize winner, and bestselling author helps readers embark upon the path to enlightenment with a stunning illumination of the timeless wisdom and an easy-access reference for daily practice.

Divided into a series of distinct steps that will lead spiritual seekers toward enlightenment, How to Practice is a constant companion in the quest to practice morality, meditation, and wisdom. This accessible book will guide you toward opening your heart, refraining from doing harm, and maintiaining mentaltranquility as the Dalai Lama shows you how to overcome 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 sage and practical insight into the human psyche and into the deepest aspirations that bind us all together.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama--Nobel Peace Prize winner and "New York Times" bestselling author--guides readers on a revitalizing journey toward wholeness in this wonderfully lyrical and practical volume.

About the Author

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.

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Foreword by Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D.vii

Introduction: The Need for Peace and Kindness

I. THE BASICS

1. Three Ways to Practice

II. PRACTICING MORALITY

2. Identifying the Scope of Suffering

3. Discovering How Trouble Starts and Stops

4. Refraining from Harm

5. Extending Help

6. Aspiring to Enlightenment

III. PRACTICING CONCENTRATED MEDITATION

7. Focusing the Mind

IV. PRACTICING WISDOM

8. Examining How Beings and Things Exist

9. The Middle Way

10. Mind and the Deep Nature of Mind

V. TANTRA

11. Deity Yoga

VI. STEPS ALONG THE WAY

12. Overview of the Path to Enlightenment

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: megcampbell3, November 7, 2007 (view all comments by megcampbell3)
There are many levels of guidance and understanding in His Holiness The Dalai Lama's "How to Practice the Way to a Meaningful Life", making it more than practical. Since it is brought to us by HHTDL, this volume is also at turns as playful as the Dalai Lama himself, and, by his instruction, we couldn't possibly take it all too seriously and upset the balance of the nature of human spiritual practice. Even if you're not going to commit to a path toward enlightenment, this book offers, in steps of clarity, meaningful action that would improve anyone's existence.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780743453363
Author:: Dalai Lama
Publisher:: Atria Books
Editor:: Hopkins, Jeffrey
Author:: Dalai Lama, His Holiness the
Author:: Hopkins, Jeffrey PH. D.
Author:: Lama, Dalai
Author:: Jeffrey, Ph.D. Hopkins
Author:: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Author:: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Subject:: Inspirational
Subject:: Buddhism
Subject:: Buddhism - General
Subject:: Inspirational - General
Subject:: General Religion
Subject:: Religion Eastern-Buddhism
Edition Description:: B102
Series:: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Publication Date:: August 2003
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 240
Dimensions:: 7.12 x 5 in 7.525 oz

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