The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Wisdom

It's just a short sweet little book that slips easily into a pocket or bag. The quotations are excellent and full of food for thought. A calming book for a hectic world. I never leave home without it.

I read this book daily. Easy to use, portable, and full of helpful insights. Always helps me put things in the right perspective. I give this as gifts just because I love this book so much!

(4.75 Stars)I've read a few books by His Holiness the Dalai Lama so far and honestly I've struggled through all of them.The Dalai Lama's Book Of Wisdom is the best one I`ve read to date. It's the easiest to read as well as being very simple and at the same time deep in it's content.It's divided into 4 short wonderful sections: Contentment, Joy and Living WellFacing Death and DyingDealing With Anger and EmotionGiving and ReceivingIt's one of those books that you can keep by your night table or in your meditation area or wherever and take a look at it every so often.The cover is so warm, inviting and peaceful that I might just have to get another copy, cut the cover out and frame it.

In this pocket-size text, His Holiness the XIV Dali Lama offers simple but profound counsel to those who wish to change their lives for the better. Buy it. Read it. Then, put it in your desk drawer at work, beside your bed, on a coffee table, or in your glove compartment where you can easily find it when you are tempted to deal harshly with other fallible human beings.

In this small{literally] book, HH Dalai lama speaks of compassion,ridding oneself of anger,forgiveness of enemies,living life in a truly more loving way. Though much of it seems familar to western ears[the ideas of love compassion and service are not unknown in western religion and philosophy],the simplicity of much of what the dalai lama says is striking. His own struggles with anger are enlightening,and the prose,gleaned from lectures I believe, is smooth and cleanly transformed into english.There are other books of the dalai lama that are far more demanding{"tranforming the mind" for example},though few are more accesible. A lovely gift,a wonderful introduction to one of the masters of the day.