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The Meaning of Life: Buddhist Perspectives on Cause and Effect
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Product Description
Basing his explanation on the twelve links of dependent-arising as depicted in the Buddhist image of the Wheel of Life, His Holiness vividly describes how human beings become trapped in a counterproductive prison of selfishness and suffering, and shows how to reverse the process, changing the limiting prison into a source of help and happiness for others. Suffused with the Dalai Lama’s intelligence, wit, and kindness, these teachings address such issues as how to deal with aggression from within and without; how to reconcile personal responsibility with the doctrine of selflessness; how to face a terminal illness; how to help someone who is dying; how to reconcile love for family with love for all beings; and how to integrate this practice into everyday life.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1139075 in Books
- Published on: 2001-03-14
- Formats: Abridged, Audiobook
- Original language: English
- Binding: Audio Cassette
Editorial Reviews
From Amazon.com
The Dalai Lama never shies away from the big questions. The Meaning of Life is a collection of lectures given in London in 1984 on the Buddhist worldview, before he had won the Nobel Peace Prize or become a bestselling author in English. Still, his message is essentially the same: practice nonviolence, cultivate altruism, and transform consciousness. In these lectures, the Dalai Lama begins with a painting of the wheel of cyclic existence, depicting the levels of karmic existence and symbols of the 12 links of dependent-arising. In other words, this painting, presented in seven color plates, is a visual summation of the basic tenets of Buddhism. The Dalai Lama draws on the painting to explain the 12 links of dependent-arising and then the path that leads to liberation from them. A nuts and bolts book, readers will enjoy it for its detail and for the broad range of questions elicited in listeners. --Brian Bruya
From AudioFile
This captivating but often confusing program features the philosophical thinking of one of our greatest spiritual leaders. More esoteric than THE ART OF HAPPINESS, this title delves into aspects of metaphysical causation that will be hard to follow if you are not familiar with the Buddhist concept of determination. Buddhists reject the Western notion of dependence on physical resources, a rejection that will be a challenge for traditionally educated Americans. While the program's language can be comprehended by people of all philosophical persuasions, the abridgment is confusing. But by the end of the program most people will feel they've been listening to something powerful and will want to hear it again anyway. T.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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