Love and compassion are beneficial both for you and for others.
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..
Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.
D., served for a decade as the interpreter for the Dalai Lama.
Wisdom Publications is proud to be the premier publisher of the Dalai Lama\'s more serious and in-depth works.
His efforts to foster dialogue among leaders of the world\'s faiths envision a future where people of different beliefs can share the planet in harmony.
Connecting scientists with Buddhist scholars, he helps unite contemplative and modern modes of investigation, bringing ancient tools and insights to bear on the acute problems facing the contemporary world.
As a superior scholar trained in the classical texts of the Nalanda tradition of Indian Buddhism, he is able to distill the central tenets of Buddhist philosophy in clear and inspiring language, his gift for pedagogy imbued with his infectious joy.
His Holiness frequently states that his life is guided by three major commitments: the promotion of basic human values or secular ethics in the interest of human happiness, the fostering of interreligious harmony, and securing the welfare of the Tibetan people, focusing on the survival of their identity, culture, and religion.
In 2012, he relinquished political authority in his exile government and turned it over to democratically elected representatives.
In recognition of his tireless work for the nonviolent liberation of Tibet, the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
In his capacity as a spiritual and political leader, he has traveled to more than sixty-two countries on six continents and met with presidents, popes, and leading scientists to foster dialogue and create a better world.
There he set up the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, working to secure the welfare of the more than 100,000 Tibetan exiles and prevent the destruction of Tibetan culture.
He passed his scholastic examinations with honors at the Great Prayer Festival in Lhasa in 1959, the same year Chinese forces occupied the city, forcing His Holiness to escape to India.
In 1950, Mao Zedong\'s Communist forces made their first incursions into eastern Tibet, shortly after which the young Dalai Lama assumed the political leadership of his country.
Born in northeastern Tibet in 1935, he was as a toddler recognized as the incarnation of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and brought to Tibet\'s capital, Lhasa.
He frequently describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk.
About the Author: Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
Drawing on exercises and techniques established in Tibetan monasteries more than a thousand years ago, the Dalai Lama describes a seven-step, self-directed program to help us open our hearts and minds to the experience of unlimited love, transforming every relationship in our lives -- and guiding us ever closer to wisdom and enlightenment.
All this is possible once you learn HOW TO Expand LOVE With this illuminating and instructive handbook, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, offers sensible, everyday guidelines for transforming self-centered energy into outwardly directed compassion.
Expanding peace further still to nations and then to the world will bring mutual trust, mutual respect, sincere communication, and finally successful joint efforts to solve the world\'s problems.
Expanding peace to the larger community around you will bring unity, harmony, and cooperation.
Through your kindness toward others, your mind and heart will open to peace.
Love and compassion are beneficial both for you and for others
