How to Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-147).; Through practical exercises and personal anecdotes, the revered spiritual leader shows how individuals' compassion can lead to global changes.. Table of Contents: Foreword -- Introduction: Recognizing the Source of Happiness -- 1. Does Anger Protect You? -- 2. Learning That Tough Circumstances Can Be Valuable -- 3. Cherishing Others as a Way to Happiness -- 4. We Are Our Own Troublemakers -- 5. Losing Perspective in Intense Situations -- 6. Being Ready for Change -- 7. Is Anger Useful? -- 8. The Conflict Between Appearance and Reality -- 9. The Malleable Nature of the Mind -- 10. Compassion, the Root of Relationships -- 11. Compassion, the Road to Relief -- 12. Compassion, Based in Equality -- Conclusion: Compassion, the Basis of Human Rights -- Review of the Exercises -- Selected Readings. Publisher Marketing: 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. Review Citations: Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 133 (EAN 9781451623918, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 133 (EAN 9781451623925, Open Ebook) Library Journal 03/01/2011 pg. 66 (EAN 9781451623901, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 133 (EAN 9781451623901, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Dalai Lama ANI PACHEN lives in Dharamsala, India, where she devotes her time to her spiritual practices. She has chosen Dharamsala as her home in order to be near the Dalai Lama and his Tibetan Government in Exile. She continues to take part in demonstrations for a free Tibet, and speaks to people from aroundthe world who have conic to hear her story. She has become a heroine in the Tibetan community. ADELAIDE DONNELLEY lives in Berkeley, California, near her two sons. She has worked as a psychologist, photographer, and write and has recently completed work on Boundary Water, a memoir. She and Ani have spent time together both in India and the United States, collaborating on the book. Contributor Bio:  Hopkins, Jeffrey Ph D Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph. D., served for a decade as the interpreter for the Dalai Lama. A Buddhist scholar and the author of more than thirty-five books and translations, he is emeritus professor of Tibetan and Buddhist studies at the University of Virginia, where he founded the largest academic program of Tibetan Buddhist studies in the West.