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This book is the first serious consideration of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's work and ideas as a politician, scientist, and philosopher. Author Iyer has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama (a friend of his father's) for three decades--an ongoing exploration of his message and its effectiveness. Now, Iyer captures the paradoxes of the Dalai Lama's position: though he has brought the ideas of Tibet to world attention, Tibet itself is being...

"Winner of the Nobel Peace prize."

Michael Goodman presents a compelling portrait of the remarkable temporal and spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from the time of his mythical discovery in the village of Taktster, through his childhood, to his installation of Dalai Lama in 1950, and his eventual self-imposed exile in India in 1959. By skillful use of hundreds of interviews with exiled Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama himself, Goodman's narrative draws us into the life...

The Dalai Lama shares his spiritual insights into the essence of forgiveness, the circumstances under which he could be capable of violence, how he learned to love his enemies, his personal fears, and his experience of pain.

This film is part of a unique and groundbreaking series that brings the work of the Dalai Lama to a wider audience - illuminating for all those interested in Buddhism, inner peace, and the path to enlightenment. In this program, His Holiness the Dalai Lama describes how our basic human nature is compassionate and gentle - and how compassion is the most precious treasure, involving a sense of responsibility for the well-being of others.

"The first definitive biography of the Dalai Lama--a story by turns inspiring and shocking--from an acclaimed Tibetan scholar with exceptional access to his subject. The Dalai Lama's message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and none. Yet, for all his worldwide fame, he remains personally elusive. Now, Alexander Norman, acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of the history of Tibet, delivers the definitive biography--unique, multilayered,...

Indian Buddhism transformed Tibet from a feudal society to an egalitarian culture that valued learning and religion-but not without a fierce and protracted struggle between vying monasteries. In this program, Dr. Robert Thurman, Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University; Michael Harris Goodman, biographer of the 14th Dalai Lama; and historian Dr. Shagdaryn Bira examine Tibetan Buddhism, the Lhasa/Shigatse power struggle and...

This film is part of a unique and groundbreaking series that brings the work of the Dalai Lama to a wider audience - illuminating for all those interested in Buddhism, inner peace, and the path to enlightenment. In this program, His Holiness the Dalai Lama summarizes the essence of the Mahayana path as the unified practice of compassion and wisdom. He follows this with practical advice to Westerners practicing Dharma and concludes by answering questions...