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Compassion: How to be Compassionate
Dalai Lama
A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World
Atria
March 2011
On Sale: March 1, 2011
160 pages
ISBN: 1451623909
EAN: 9781451623901
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Self-Help
Each one of us is responsible for all of humankind, and
for the environment in which we live. . . . We must seek to
lessen the suffering of others. Rather than working solely
to acquire wealth, we need to do something meaningful,
something seriously directed toward the welfare of humanity
as a whole. To do this, you need to recognize that the whole
world is part of you. —from How to Be
Compassionate The surest path to true
happiness lies in being intimately concerned with the
welfare of others. Or, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama would
say, in compassion. In How to Be
Compassionate, His Holiness reveals basic mistakes of
attitude that lead us to inner turmoil, and how we can
correct them to achieve a better tomorrow. He demonstrates
precisely how opening our hearts and minds to other people
is the best way to overcome the misguided ideas that are at
the root of all our problems. He shows us how compassion can
be a continuous wellspring of happiness in our own lives and
how our newfound happiness can extend outward from us in
ever wider and wider circles. As we become more
compassionate human beings, our friends, family, neighbors,
loved ones—and even our enemies—will find themselves less
frequently in the thrall of destructive emotions like anger,
jealousy, and fear, prompting them to become more
warmhearted, kind, and harmonious forces within their own
circles. With simple language and startling clarity, His
Holiness makes evident as never before that the path to
global harmony begins in the hearts of individual women and
men. Enlivened by personal anecdotes and intimate accounts
of the Dalai Lama’s experiences as a student, thinker,
political leader, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, How to
Be Compassionate gives seekers of all faiths the keys to
overcoming anger, hatred, and selfishness— the primary
obstacles to happiness—and to becoming agents of positive
transformation in our communities and the world at large.
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