Ich denke an manchen tagen, dass es besser ware, wenn wir gar keine religionen mehr hatten. Although my own affinity is with soto zen, this book was a fabulous introduction to buddhism generally. Conversacions with the dalai lama on mindfulness, emotions and health, ed. His holiness the dalai lama w ith clarity and candor, the dalai lama expounds on the core teachings of buddhism. His pithy reflections encourage us to rid ourselves of preoccupation. Based on a talk given by his holiness in great britain, the first half of the book has all of the easy ebb and flow of any open, honest discussion. Love and compassion are the two most important qualities that everyone should seek. The dalai lama explains the four noble truths in a way i found particularly appealing. Compassion is empathy combined with action and looking at every living being through the prism of love. Fusing ancient wisdom with a modern sensibility, he gently encourages each of us to embrace lives of love and compassion. He is widely rrecognized as an advocate of world peace and has received many honors, including the nobel peace prize in 1989. Conocete a ti mismo tal como realmente eres autoayuda y.
Great compassion buddha and his holiness the dalai lama. Tenzin gyatos, his holines the xiv dalai lama, is the exiled spiritual leader of the tibetan people. Short long life prayer for his holiness the dalai lama. If you have spent time around buddhists trained for much of their lives in the monasteries of the east, you will have noticed the tremendous joyful equanimity with which they face the world, in sharp contrast to our typical western irritability. In the compassionate life, the dalai lama xiv describes a method for honing ones capacity for compassion for all sentient beings. Lessons of compassion from the dalai lama huffpost. The dalai lama in the practice of tolerance, ones enemy is the best teacher. The worlds foremost buddhist leader, he travels extensively, speaking eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding, kindness and compassion. Articles and messages relating to his holiness the dalai lamas commitment to promote basic human values.
When we practice compassion, we will have more strength, peace, and joy and. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Practicing compassion in everyday life english edition 16 noviembre 2008. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Deshalb brauchen wir eine sakulare ethik jenseits aller religionen. Frases cortas del libro, frases celebres, citas, fragmentos del libro dalai lama. As a result, our own serenity and inner strength will increase.
The thirtyseven bodhisattva practices prayers dalai lama in. The compassionate life by dalai lama xiv goodreads. Compassion and the world in conclusion, i would like briefly to expand my thoughts beyond the topic of this short piece and make a wider point. Why leaders should be mindful, selfless, and compassionate compassion and the individual. We need to see that anger is never any use in solving problems, but that patience and compassion are helpful. The dalai lama centre for compassion warmly invites you to its michaelmas event, the ethics of compassion, to take place on saturday the 15th of november 2014 at blackfriars hall, university of oxford. Showing all quotes that contain dalai lama compassion. Su vida esta guiada por tres importantes compromisos. Here, i thought, is a book that is telling the truth about my life at this very moment. The fact is that if we take a hard look at ourselves, we would realize that while we have the best of intentions, our actions and thoughts do not match each other. We may think that we possess a level of compassion, but do we really live a life that is in line with who we think we are, or wish to be. Peter della santina, to mark his holiness the dalai. Compassion is impossible without love and love cant be experienced in its fullest without compassion. Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is.
Theres also one extra thing to add with respect to his holiness the dalai lama, which is that guru shakyamuni buddha himself predicted that his holiness would be the incarnation of the buddha of compassion, the dharma king working for sentient beings in the land of snows, tibet. In this article, we want to share with you the most powerful dalai lama quotes on love and compassion. Subscribe dalai lama tibetan leader born on july 06, 1935, the dalai lama dla lm is a monk of the gelug or yellow hat school of tibetan buddhism, the newest of the schools of tibetan buddhism founded by je tsongkhapa. What thoughts come to mind after hearing the dalai lamas words on tolerance. The dalai lama says that compassion belongs to that category of emotions which have a more developed cognitive component. In the first half of this book, his holines the dalai lama dispenses the simple wisdom so familiar to readers of some of his other texts.
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