The concept of the book as taught by the Dalai Lama is that human beings each possess the ability to achieve happiness and a meaningful life, but the key to attaining that goal is self-knowledge. He teaches how to avoid the common negative notions of self and perspective on life and how to see the world from a more loving, human viewpoint.[1] Using personal experiences and anecdotes, the Dalai Lama explains the idea that combining meditative concentration and love, true enlightenment is attained and is the key to happiness.
He concludes the book, saying, "Even though it is necessary in the beginning to have a strong will in order to develop love and compassion, will is not sufficient to develop these altruistic attitudes limitlessly. It is important to join the practice of love and compassion with the practice of insight. Even if you seek to help someone out of concern, without insight you cannot be very clear about what benefit will come of your efforts. A combination is needed: a good human heart as well as a good human brain. Working together, we can achieve a lot."
References
^"An Excerpt from How to See Yourself As You Really Are by His Holiness the Dalai Lama". Spirituality and Practice. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
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yourself, really, yourself, really, 2006, book, tenzin, gyatso, 14th, dalai, lama, yourself, really, areauthortenzin, gyatso, 14th, dalai, lamalanguageenglishgenrephilosophypublisheratriamedia, typeprintisbn0, 7432, 9045, 3dewey, decimal294, 22lc, classbq7935,. How to See Yourself As You Really Are is a 2006 book by Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama How to See Yourself As You Really AreAuthorTenzin Gyatso 14th Dalai LamaLanguageEnglishGenrePhilosophyPublisherAtriaMedia typePrintISBN0 7432 9045 3Dewey Decimal294 3 422 22LC ClassBQ7935 B774 H69 2006Overview EditThe concept of the book as taught by the Dalai Lama is that human beings each possess the ability to achieve happiness and a meaningful life but the key to attaining that goal is self knowledge He teaches how to avoid the common negative notions of self and perspective on life and how to see the world from a more loving human viewpoint 1 Using personal experiences and anecdotes the Dalai Lama explains the idea that combining meditative concentration and love true enlightenment is attained and is the key to happiness He concludes the book saying Even though it is necessary in the beginning to have a strong will in order to develop love and compassion will is not sufficient to develop these altruistic attitudes limitlessly It is important to join the practice of love and compassion with the practice of insight Even if you seek to help someone out of concern without insight you cannot be very clear about what benefit will come of your efforts A combination is needed a good human heart as well as a good human brain Working together we can achieve a lot References Edit An Excerpt from How to See Yourself As You Really Are by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Spirituality and Practice Retrieved October 20 2009 External links EditBook review This article about a philosophy related book is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title How to See Yourself as You Really Are amp oldid 1031955749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
