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An Open Heart
Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
by Dalai Lama
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Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1st (September 25 2001)
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The Desire for Happiness
It is my hope that the reader of this small book will take away a basic understanding of Buddhism and some of the key methods by which Buddhist practitioners have cultivated compassion and wisdom in their lives.

The Desire for Happiness
It is my hope that the reader of this small book will take away a basic understanding of Buddhism and some of the key methods by which Buddhist practitioners have cultivated compassion and wisdom in their lives.

Ethical Discipline and the Understanding of the Way Things Are
As we further examine our more impulsive emotions and thoughts, we find that on top of disturbing our mental peace, they tend to involve mental projections. What does this mean, exactly? Projections bring about the powerful emotional interaction between


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The Dalai LamaThe Dalai Lama

Recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso was brought to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and enthroned two years later as the fourteenth Dalai Lama. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, His Holiness is today universally acknowledged as one of the world's preeminent spiritual leaders..

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Nicholas VreelandNicholas Vreeland

Nicholas Vreeland, grandson of fashion guru Diana Vreeland, is a Tibetan Buddhist monk and the director of The Tibet Center, New York's oldest Tibetan Buddhist Center..

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