Book · 2000
The meaning of life : Buddhist perspectives on cause & effect
Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV
1 of 1 copy availableหอสมุดกลาง · 294.342 B916M 2000
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About this title
- Title
- The meaning of life : Buddhist perspectives on cause & effect
- Author
- Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV
- Published
- Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, 2000
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780861711734
- Notes
- Introduction by Jeffrey Hopkins -- The Meaning of Life: the lectures -- 1. The Buddhist worldview -- 2. Life impelled by ignorance -- 3. Levels of the path -- 4. The value of altruism -- 5. Compassion and wisdom combined The Dalai Lama describes the twelve links of dependency on the Wheel of Life, how humankind has become trapped in a prison of suffering and selfishness, and how to turn one's prison into a source of help and happiness for others.