The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness

by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Other authorsSidney Piburn (Compiler)
Paperback, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

DAL-010

Publication

Snow Lion Publications (1990), 150 pages

Description

Brought me gently and pleasantly into the life and mind of this extraordinary spiritual leader and assured the success of my interview with him.--Bill Moyers, PBS

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LibraryThing member LTW
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness is still the best introduction to his life and teachings. Two full-length interviews elicit the Dalai Lama's thoughts on everything from his stature as an incarnate bodhisattva to how he manages the tragedies of his people, his political ideals, and even his
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hobby of gardening. Going further into his personal life, the "Day in the Life" article reveals the simplicity, devoutness, and genuine ordinariness of his lifestyle
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LibraryThing member PhoenixTerran
In 1989, Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize. A Policy of Kindness is a slim but valuable volume that was subsequently published. It includes selections from some of the Dalai Lama's books, several different interviews, and His Holiness' address and lecture at
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the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. This book is a great place to start learning about this wonderful and important man, his teachings, and his efforts to work towards peace.

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ISBN

0937938912 / 9780937938911

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DAL-010

Rating

½ (16 ratings; 3.7)

Pages

150
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