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The concept of the book as taught by the Dalai Lama is that human beings each possess the ability to achieve happiness and a meaningful life, but the key to attaining that goal is self-knowledge. He teaches how to avoid the common negative notions of self and perspective on life and how to see the world from a more loving, human viewpoint. [1]
The Art of Happiness (Riverhead, 1998, ISBN 1-57322-111-2) is a book by the 14th Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, a psychiatrist who posed questions to the Dalai Lama. Cutler quotes the Dalai Lama at length, providing context and describing some details of the settings in which the interviews took place, as well as adding his own reflections on issues raised.
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World is a book by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu published in 2016 by Cornerstone Publishers. In this nonfiction, the authors discuss the challenges of living a joyful life.
The second, Eight Steps to Happiness [20] is a commentary to the root text, Eight Verses of Training the Mind by Langri Tangpa. In 1994, Shambhala Publications first published Start Where you Are, A Guide to Compassionate Living [21] by Pema Chödrön, which is mostly commentary on the Lojong slogans. This work has been republished many times. [22]
A lama is one who has not only mastered the words of the tradition, but who has an intense personal relationship with the student; thus, devotion is the proper attitude toward the guru. [11] The Dalai Lama, speaking of the importance of the lama, said: "Rely on the teachings to evaluate a guru: Do not have blind faith, but also no blind criticism."
The main teaching room of the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, India 14th Dalai Lama. In the mid-1970s, Tenzin Gyatso told a Polish newspaper that he thought he would be the last Dalai Lama. In a later interview published in the English language press he stated, "The Dalai Lama office was an institution created to benefit others.
Cutler's most famous work is The Art of Happiness. Written with the 14th Dalai Lama, the first volume was on The New York Times Best Seller list for 97 weeks. The psychiatrist and Tibetan spiritual leader duo went on to write two more books together, The Art of Happiness at Work and The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World. Their books have ...
Compassion In Action is the final inspiring journey with the Dalai Lama and the "renaissance" thinkers featured in the award-winning Dalai Lama Renaissance and Dalai Lama Awakening films. The film features innovative thinkers such as Dr. Michael Beckwith ( The Secret ), quantum physicist Fred Alan Wolf , radio host and author Thom Hartmann ...