Status
Available
Collection
Publication
HarperSanFrancisco (1997), Edition: 1st, 208 pages
Description
A third volume in the Library of Tibet series which looks at the universal questions of how we can achieve meaningful lives and peaceful deaths. The Dalai Lama advises the reader to cultivate compassion and positive thoughts and actions, and the book gives guidance on doing this.
Language
ISBN
006061725X / 9780060617257
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Library's review
This eloquent missive from Tibet's revered political and spiritual leader in exile is a treasury of simple wisdom: a primer for living with purpose and for dying in peace. His Holiness the Dalai Lama presents his own luminous thoughts and comforting guidance, and draws upon the wisdom of Buddhist
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tradition as he expands our understanding of the end of life - and of what it means to be "prepared." The way to a good death, he teaches, is to live a good life. Offering gentle direction to further illuminate that path, His Holiness elegantly provides straightforward lessons and traditional Buddhist teachings on embracing our gift of human potential, on the acceptance of death and impermanence, and on the achievement of joy, peace, and spiritual fulfillment in this lifetime. The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace underscores the importance of "practice" - of awareness through meditation, compassion, patience, and effort - in lending rich and joyous meaning to this lifetime, and so to our passage to the next. Show Less
Pages
208