Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho
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95 pages ; 18 cm
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Español
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The Dalai Lama outlines what compassion is and how its practice affects every area of life. He also provides an exercise process for developing kindness. This book demonstrates that living a life of kindness or compassion is not just about altruism. It is a way of life that benefits us in concrete ways.
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336 pages ; 21 cm
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Español
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Details the author's journey, from his childhood memories, to being a Buddhist leader, to his work for world peace, including his views on 9/11 and religious militancy, stopping bloodshed in Tibet, and humans' responsibility to the environment.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Two Nobel Peace Prize winners--His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu--use their own childhood stories to show young readers how to embrace the transformative power of joy and share it with the world.
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174 pages ; 19 cm
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English
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An appeal for environmental action by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and spiritual leader of Tibet urges decision-makers to fight climate change ignorance while encouraging younger readers to assert their right to a climate-friendly future.
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268 pages ; 19 cm.
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Español
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"En el arte de la felicidad, el Dalai Lama nos ofrece el mensaje sereno de un hombre que ha conquistado la paz interior y sabe que la felicidad no es un don, sino un arte que exige voluntad y práctica. Lejos de las grandes teorías y muy cerca de las preocupaciones cotidianas de cada uno, de nuestros miedos y nuestros deseos, el maestro se ha servido de la ayuda de un psiquiatra occidental para entregarnos unas palabras que nos orienten en la vida...
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Library of wisdom and compassion volume 6
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xxi, 464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Courageous Compassion, the sixth volume of the Library of Wisdom and Compassion, continues the Dalai Lama's teachings on the path to awakening. While volume 5, In Praise of Great Compassion, focused on opening our hearts to others and generating the compassion, joy, and fortitude to make our lives meaningful by benefiting them, this volume ventures further to describe buddhahood, the path of no more learning-the premise being that all sentient beings...
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Library of wisdom and compassion volume 7
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xxiv, 424 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"This volume begins with an introduction by His Holiness in which he places our study of reality within the framework of a compassionate motivation to benefit sentient beings. Since the value of whatever we undertake depends on our motivation, cultivating a motivation to contribute to the welfare of all beings places our study of emptiness in a beneficial context. Chapter 1 explains why realizing emptiness is important and describes the qualities...
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1 audio disc (1.25 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The essence of happiness offers advice on defeating day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, and other emotions that get in the way of true happiness. It contains reflections on overcoming suffering and obstacles to create a fulfilled, joyous life.
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131 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
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English
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The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists and the cartoonist and award-winning author of MUTTS join forces to call for a Compassionate Revolution that encourages everyone to work together to heal our relationships with each other and with the planet.
At the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, India, an unusual visitor has arrived. His Holiness interrupts his morning meditation to greet a troubled Giant Panda who has travelled many miles to see...
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English
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"On a quiet winter morning in 1937, several men on horseback rode into the tiny Tibetan village of Taktser. Disguised as peasants, the high lamas were on a secret mission--soon they would identify two-and-a-half-year-old Lhamo Thondup as the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. From his simple life in a mountain village to the thousand-room Potala Palace and his perilous escape into exile, this dramatic narrative follows the remakable childhood...
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1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Dalai Lama Renaissance, narrated by Harrison Ford, is the winner of 12 awards and the official selection of over 40 international film festivals. At the edge of the Millenium, the Dalai Lama of Tibet invited 40 of the west's leading, most innovative thinkers to his residence in the Himalayan Mountains of northern India to discuss the world's problems and how we can solve them. What transpired was unexpected and powerful, and captured by an 18 person...
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Tibetan
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The first feature documentary dealing extensively with Tibetan medicine, one of the most highly developed medical systems. This documentary presents evidence that deserves serious consideration as a supplement to Western medical technology.