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Tutu: The Authorised Portrait is a celebration of eighty years of the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an icon whose humanity and compassion have touched the lives of millions around the world.
Born in Klerksdorp, South Africa, and trained as a teacher because his family could not afford to send him to medical school, Desmond Tutu was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1960. He vigorously opposed apartheid and has dedicated his life to fighting all forms of oppression, advocating non-violence, peaceful reconciliation and social justice for all.
This extraordinary book features a biography by legendary South African journalist Allister Sparks, authorised by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and includes over forty interviews conducted by Tutu's daughter Reverend Mpho Tutu with close family, friends, colleagues, comrades and critics.
Complemented by an unprecedented collection of images and unpublished artefacts drawn from Tutu's private files, this is a phenomenal story of one man's life-long commitment to the liberation of the oppressed. Includes interviews with Kofi Annan, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President Barack Obama.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama have been friends for many, many years. Between them, they have endured exile, violence and oppression. And in the face of these hardships, they have continued to radiate compassion, humour and above all, joy.
To celebrate His Holiness’s eightieth birthday, Archbishop Tutu travelled to the Dalai Lama’s home in Dharamsala. The two men spent a week discussing a single burning question: how do we find joy in the face of suffering?
This book is a gift from two of the most important spiritual figures of our time. Full of love, warmth and hope, The Book of Joy offers us the chance to experience their journey from first embrace to final goodbye.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships - or, as they would say, because of them - they are two of the most joyful people on the planet. In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu travelled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness's eightieth birthday and to create this book as a gift for others. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: how do we find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering?
They traded intimate stories, teased each other continually, and shared their spiritual practices. By the end of a week filled with laughter and punctuated with tears, these two global heroes had stared into the abyss and despair of our times and revealed how to live a life brimming with joy.
This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final goodbye.
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.
Written in the 1990s after retirement from his services as a doctor
and discovered by his daughter in the loft of their house in
Darjeeling in India in 2017, this memoir of Dr. Tsewang Yishey
Pemba provides an intricate portrayal of early twentieth-century
Tibet. With his finger on the pulse of the Tibetan ethos, Pemba
offers glimpses into the traditional sociology of Tibet and
occasionally its snail-paced reforms, as well as the British Raj in
India, while recollecting his young days in his native country.
Pemba also draws information from prized sources like his fathers
diaries and his conversations with Tibetan and British officials as
well as people at the grassroots. His own metamorphosis, as he
leaves Tibet in 1949 for higher education abroad, foreshadows the
metamorphosis of Tibet and its inescapable fate in the decade that
followed.
"Peter Grieder has traveled from his home in the mountains of
Europe and found inspiration among the great Himalayas. What unites
the people that he met in Ladakh, Zanskar, Bhutan and Tibet is a
remarkable sense of fortitude and contentment derived largely from
a common culture rooted in Buddhism. One of the key elements of
Buddhist teachings is the importance of the inner journey. No
matter what external developments we may make in our world or what
magnificent things we may see in it, without a corresponding inner
development we will not find the happiness we ultimately seek.
However, if each of us can journey within and develop a warm heart
towards others and calm in our minds, there lies real hope for
peace and joy in the world." (from the Foreword by the Dalai Lama)
From His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mutt's cartoonist and
award-winning author Patrick McDonnell comes a powerful and timely
gem of a book on how to heal our relationship with the planet and
each other. At the Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala, India, an
unusual visitor has arrived. His Holiness interrupts his morning
meditation to greet a troubled Giant Panda who has travelled many
miles to see him. Welcoming him as a friend, His Holiness invites
the Panda on a walk through a cedar forest. There in the shadow of
the Himalayas, surrounded by beauty, they discuss matters great and
small . . . With a galvanizing message about the future of our
planet-text by His Holiness accompanied by McDonnell's masterful
illustrations-Heart to Heart calls for a Compassionate Revolution,
reminding us that "we are indeed all members of a single family,
sharing one little house." Told with whimsy, wisdom, and warmth,
this beautiful book is deceptively simple in its approach and all
the more powerful for it, as it elegantly and decisively conveys a
message of joy, hope and change. "There are only two days in the
year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday, and one is
called Tomorrow."
In this elegant self-portrait, an influential spiritual leader
recounts his epic and engaging life story. The Dalai Lama's most
accessible and intimate book, "My Spiritual Journey" is an
excellent introduction to the larger-than-life leader of Tibetan
Buddhism--perfect for anyone curious about Eastern religion,
invested in the Free Tibet movement, or simply seeking a richer
spiritual life. 304 pp.
Helluva Job is Pulitzer Prize winner Lewis M. Simons's recollection
of his 50 years as a foreign correspondent, one whose powerful
stories contributed to transforming Asia from Vietnam War-era
basket case to a global boomtown that today rivals the United
States. Simons's investigative work led to the toppling of a
dictator in the Philippines. He covered the Tiananmen Square
massacre in China, bloody coups in Thailand, attempted genocide and
societal collapse in Cambodia, and economic advance, decline and
rebirth in Japan. He was expelled from India for his exclusive
reporting on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's political misuse of the
armed forces. Breaking his own strict rule against becoming
personally involved with people whose stories he covered, he saved
the life of a dying teenaged Tibetan Buddhist monk. Simons molds
the narrative of his lengthy, action-packed career from foxhole mud
and backroom dirt. Layered with moments of tenderness and humor, as
his camp-following family often accompanies him, the result is a
masterful chronicle of war and murder; extreme poverty and
suffering alongside repellent wealth and indulgence; wholesale
larceny and ruling-class corruption-much of which escaped the
scrutiny of other journalists. Readers who appreciate real-life
historic drama will be enthralled.
Compassion's COMPASS: Strategies for Developing Kindness and
Insight offers a systematic approach to developing compassionate
insight that has been adapted from Tibetan mind training
strategies, secularized for modern audiences, and supplemented with
relevant research, anecdotes, and exercises in accessible language.
This book contains easy exercises for regaining composure, boosting
compassionate insight, preventing compassion fatigue, and
maintaining compassion resilience. "COMPASS" is an acronym for
"Compassion and Analytical Selective-Focus Skills". Selective-focus
skills suggest contemplations that can help to generate and enhance
compassionate insight. These exercises follow an "emotional logic"
in which one step produces a basis for cultivating the next. These
skill steps are broken down in detail within each section of the
book containing a discussion of the purpose of the skill being
presented, supporting research for it, examples of its use, and
short exercises for the reader to try in order to cultivate and
enhance it. These techniques have been piloted with social workers
and therapists-in-training. Details of these pilot studies are
included along with a handbook for helping professionals in the
prevention and healing of compassion fatigue. The exercises that
are presented in each chapter are also compiled in order for easy
use in the handbook in back of the book.
Compassion's COMPASS: Strategies for Developing Kindness and
Insight offers a systematic approach to developing compassionate
insight that has been adapted from Tibetan mind training
strategies, secularized for modern audiences, and supplemented with
relevant research, anecdotes, and exercises in accessible language.
This book contains easy exercises for regaining composure, boosting
compassionate insight, preventing compassion fatigue, and
maintaining compassion resilience. "COMPASS" is an acronym for
"Compassion and Analytical Selective-Focus Skills". Selective-focus
skills suggest contemplations that can help to generate and enhance
compassionate insight. These exercises follow an "emotional logic"
in which one step produces a basis for cultivating the next. These
skill steps are broken down in detail within each section of the
book containing a discussion of the purpose of the skill being
presented, supporting research for it, examples of its use, and
short exercises for the reader to try in order to cultivate and
enhance it. These techniques have been piloted with social workers
and therapists-in-training. Details of these pilot studies are
included along with a handbook for helping professionals in the
prevention and healing of compassion fatigue. The exercises that
are presented in each chapter are also compiled in order for easy
use in the handbook in back of the book.
The Dalai Lama on one of the most important spiritual practices to
develop wisdom and compassion. Based on three days of teaching in
London, May 1999, this book is an edited version of the Dalai
Lama's discourse on The Eight Verses on Generating Compassion. The
Verses are one of the most profound and sacred texts in the Tibetan
Buddhist tradition. The title of the book comes from the Tibetan
word for the Verses: 'lojong' - literally, transforming your mind.
The lucid, straightforward commentary on these teachings includes
instruction on how to transform difficult situations into
opportunities for spiritual growth. The author also offers
practical methods as to how to develop positive ways of thinking
and compassion.
Imagine having two minutes with the Dalai Lama offering you
personal advice on how you could live your life better, overcome
your problems, be more joyful and create a better world. This
revolutionary new book brings you exactly that: short passages to
offer you enlightening advice, day by day Meditations are suggested
on the following: On the stages of life: for the young, adults, and
the elderly * On life situations: for men and women, single people,
families, the wealthy, the poor, the sick, the dying and those who
care for them, and others from all walks of life. * On your roles
in society: for politicians, lawyers, activists, teachers,
scientists, businesspeople, writers and journalists, farmers,
soldiers, carers and others * On your state of mind: for the happy,
the sad, pessimists, optimists, the suffering, the isolated, the
angry, the proud, the abused, the shy, the undecided, those with no
self-esteem, the indifferent. * On society and the world: war,
politics, education, farming, the environment, business, dedicating
your life to others, and the future * On your spiritual life: for
believers, those who have no religion, contemplatives, those who
have great faith, those who want to become Buddhists, those who
practice Buddhism.
This acclaimed spiritual masterpiece is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written. A manual for life and death and a magnificent source of sacred inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, The Tibetan Book Of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation, to the nature of mind, to karma and rebirth, to compassionate love and care for the dying, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path.
For more than two thousand years, the Heart Sutra has been part of
the daily life of millions of Buddhists. This concise text, so rich
and laden with meaning, concentrates the very heart of Buddhism
into a powerful and evocative teaching on the interdependence of
all reality.
In "Essence of the Heart Sutra," the Dalai Lama masterfully unpacks
the Heart Sutra so that any reader can benefit from its teachings -
teachings meant to help us release ourselves from suffering and
live with true compassion. Comprised of his "Heart of Wisdom"
talks, originally delivered to thousands of listeners in 2001, the
book offers the Dalai Lama's commentary as well as his
easy-to-follow overview of Buddhist philosophy that places the
sutra within its historical and philosophical context. With
additional contributions by scholar and translator Thupten Jinpa,
"Essence of the Heart Sutra" is the authoritative presentation of a
text seminal to the world's religious heritage.
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