The Pocket Dalai Lama

This collection of wisdom on a wide range of topics is a pocket-sized inspirational companion for anyone-and the perfect short introduction to the Dalai Lama for the beginner. It includes short gems from many of his teachings made popular in such books asThe Art of HappinessandEthics for the New Millennium,as well as on subjects such as religion, politics, peacework, and human rights.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born in 1935 in the province of Amdo in eastern Tibet. When he was two years old he was recognized as the fourteenth in the line of Dalai Lamas, the spiritual masters who for three centuries had governed the country. After China invaded Tibet, the Dalai Lama took refuge in Northern India, where he has led and inspired the Tibetan community in exile.

Introduction
Looking for Happiness in a Secular Society	p. 1
The Real Troublemakers	p. 11
Religion, Religions, and No Religion At All	p. 17
Wanted: A Spiritual Revolution	p. 35
Ethics and the Good Society	p. 43
Democracy and Human Rights	p. 53
Oneness: Taking Responsibility for the World	p. 61
Tibet and Non-Violence	p. 71
Forgiving the Enemy	p. 83
Suffering, Impermanence, and Death	p. 89
World Peace	p. 97
Invitation to Action	p. 105
Postscript	p. 111
Sources	p. 117
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