Many Ways to Nirvana: Reflections and Advice on Right Living [Paperback]

Dalai Lama (Author), Renuka Singh (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2005

Can an ordinary person with family responsibilities achieve Nirvana or Buddhahood? What should be the spiritual limit of ambition for a busy professional? How do you stay positive when confronted with environmental and human injustice? Answering these and a host of other questions from his most recent annual Dharma Celebration, His Holiness delivers a message about the paths to “right living” and the need to overcome negative emotions in order to develop one’s inner consciousness. Wise, compassionate, and always pragmatic, he offers advice on the many issues that confront us every day: how to free ourselves from emotional afflictions and petty cravings, how to transform anxiety into contentment, and how to initiate and keep alive interfaith dialogue in the troubled times we live in.

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About the Author

Renuka Singh is an associate professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University and is the director of Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, New Delhi. She compiled and edited The Path to Tranquility, by her spiritual teacher His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (May 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0142196371
• ISBN-13: 978-0142196373
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,185,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Always inspiring, February 22, 2006

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This review is from: Many Ways to Nirvana: Reflections and Advice on Right Living (Paperback)

As always the Dalai Lama presents Buddhism in a way that reflects his compassion and the compassion of Buddhism itself. Born and raised a Catholic I came to Buddhism late in life, after struggling for years to come to terms with the double standards of my mothers religion. As a westerner still deeply entrenched in US culture it is sometimes difficult to follow the tenents of Buddhism but His Holiness explains that it will be difficult and pure sucess in not expected. However his writings have made coping with daily life much more bearable and has taught me that faith can resolve conflict.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Once Again, December 19, 2010

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Stephen Pellerine (In a bookshelf somewhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Many Ways to Nirvana: Reflections and Advice on Right Living (Paperback)

I think that this book is a great book in how it introduces more intellectual concepts of Buddhism. It is a little different than some of the mainstream books either from the Dali Lama or on the concept of Buddhism for the western audience.

This book looks at the 4 seals of Buddhism, Overcoming Negative Emotions, Self-Development, and the 4 Noble Truths.

I recommend this book to someone whom had read a previous book on Buddhism and want to get a little deeper, or you have come across a more mainstream DL or Cutler/DL book and seek more.

If you enjoy this kind of literature the 11 ish dollars (as of Dec 2010) is a very small price to pay for the lessons you will gain.