Buddhism -- China -- Tibet. |
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Ngawang Lobsang Yishey Tenzing Gyatso, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Dantzenjiatso, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tenzing Gyatso, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Lingerh Lamutanchu, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Dhondup, Lhamo, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Lhamo Tondrup, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tondrup, Lhamo, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gyatso, Tenzing, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Lamutanchu, Lingerh, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Ta-lai la ma XIV, 1935- |
Dalai la ma XIV, 1935- |
Tan-tzêng Chia-tsʻo, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tenzin Gyatsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gyatsho, Tenzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gyatso, Tenzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Sakyaʼi Dge-sbyon Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Sakyaʼi Dge-sbyon, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Đạt Lai Lạt Ma, 1935- |
Teng-chin-chia-shuo, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Dengjinjiashuo, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tendzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tenzin Gaytso, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gaytso, Tenzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
בּסתן־דז׳ין־רגיה־מצ׳ו, XIV דאלאי לאמה, 1935- |
בסטן-ז'ין-רויא-משטו, דלי למה ה-14, 1935- |
ダライ ·ラマ, 1935- |
テンジン·ギャツォ, ダライ·ラマ14世, 1935- |
Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, 達賴喇嘛 XIV, 1935- |
Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Lhamo Dondrub, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Dondrub, Lhamo, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
丹增嘉措, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Danzengjiacuo, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Тензин Гяцо, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Гяцо, Тензин, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tenzin Gi͡at͡so, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gi͡at͡so, Tenzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tändzin Gjamccho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gjamccho, Tändzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Džampal Ngawang Lozang Ješe Tändzin Gjamccho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tendzin Gyatsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gyatsho, Tendzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
טנזין גיאטסו, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
גיאטסו, טנזין, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tenzins Gjaco, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gjaco, Tenzins, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tendzin Gyaco, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gyaco, Tendzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Dzsepcun Dzsampal Ngagvang Loszang Jese Tendzin Gyaco, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Тенцин Гјацо, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Гјацо, Тенцин, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tencin Gjaco, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gjaco, Tencin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tenzin Gjaco, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gjaco, Tenzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Тензин Гјатсо, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Гјатсо, Тензин, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Tenzin Gjatso, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Gjatso, Tenzin, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
Available:
Library | Shelf Number | Shelf Location | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Searching... Fairhaven-Millicent | 294 GOL 2015 | NONFICTION | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Mansfield Public Library | 294.3 G | NONFICTION | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... New Bedford Free Public Library | 294.3923 GOL 2015 | NONFICTION | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Plympton Public Library | 294.3923 COL | NONFICTION | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Taunton Public Library | 294.3923 G581F | 2ND FLOOR STACKS | Searching... Unknown |
Bound With These Titles
On Order
Summary
Summary
For more than half a century, in such books as The Art of Happiness and The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Inner Peace, the Dalai Lama has guided us along the path to compassion and taught us how to improve our inner lives. In A Force for Good, with the help of his longtime friend Daniel Goleman, the New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence, the Dalai Lama explains how to turn our compassionate energy outward. This revelatory and inspiring work provides a singular vision for transforming the world in practical and positive ways.
Much more than just the most prominent exponent of Tibetan Buddhism, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is also a futurist who possesses a profound understanding of current events and a remarkable canniness for modern social issues. When he takes the stage worldwide, people listen. A Force for Good combines the central concepts of the Dalai Lama, empirical evidence that supports them, and true stories of people who are putting his ideas into action--showing how harnessing positive energies and directing them outward has lasting and meaningful effects. Goleman details the science of compassion and how this singular guiding motivation has the power to
* break such destructive social forces as corruption, collusion, and bias
* heal the planet by refocusing our concerns toward our impact on the systems that support all life
* reverse the tendency toward systemic inequity through transparency and accountability
* replace violence with dialogue
* counter us-and-them thinking by recognizing human oneness
* create new economic systems that work for everyone, not just the powerful and rich
* design schooling that teaches empathy, self-mastery, and ethics
Millions of people have turned to the Dalai Lama for his unparalleled insight into living happier, more purposeful lives. Now, when the world needs his guidance more than ever, he shows how every compassion-driven human act--no matter how small--is integral for a more peaceful, harmonious world, building a force for a better future.
Revelatory, motivating, and highly persuasive, A Force for Good is arguably the most important work from one of the world's most influential spiritual and political figures.
Praise for A Force for Good
" A Force for Good offers ideas that every individual can work with and build on, ranging from things that help the environment to things that help the less fortunate. [It's] a long-range, global plan from a brilliant futuristic thinker, so this is a book that can be of value to any human living on Earth. When you're ready for a jolt of optimism, pick up this book." -- Pop Culture Nerd
"Far from being a self-help book, this examines specific ideas espoused by the Dalai Lama, such as emotional hygiene, compassionate economy, and education of the heart that can make the world a better place. An optimistic and thoughtful primer with practical applications." -- Booklist
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Goleman (Emotional Intelligence), a longtime friend of the Dalai Lama, presents a personal and passionate account of Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader, discussing his habits, disposition, and goals for humanity. Goleman describes practical aspects of the Dalai Lama's vision that include being mindful of social injustice, supporting groups such as "Action for Happiness" and "B Corporations" that have an "explicit mission to benefit society," and uniting to combat climate change. Our hearts, he believes, can turn away from destructive dreams of money, power and fame. Oddly, however, Goleman seems to presuppose that the reader's interest in the Dalai Lama lies precisely in the sage's power, fame, and access, and spends a great deal of time on his globetrotting appearances that fill stadiums, his Nobel Prize, and his routine meetings with heads of states. One wonders whether a reader who would be wowed by that aspect of the Dalai Lama would also "get" the humble aspects of the vision-but perhaps those are the readers Goleman wants to pull in? For anyone not put off by Goleman's dazzle, a solid and hopeful message awaits. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
To the outside world, the Dalai Lama personifies calmness and tranquility. But as Goleman makes clear, he is human and, like the rest of us, has known anger, grief, and disappointment. As a young man he admits he had a very short temper. He followed his own path to self-mastery but insists he is not unique: Through training we can change. Tenzin Gyatso, his given name, is the fourteenth Dalai Lama, the religious and political head of Tibet, and, since the invasion of his nation by Communist China in the 1950s, in exile. Although he won the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize and is world famous, he thinks of himself modestly as a simple monk. One with a playful streak, too, telling jokes at his own expense, and when he gets together with friend Archbishop Desmond Tutu, they banter and joke around like small boys. Far from being a self-help book, this examines specific ideas espoused by the Dalai Lama, such as emotional hygiene, compassionate economy, and education of the heart that can make the world a better place. An optimistic and thoughtful primer with practical applications.--Sawyers, June Copyright 2015 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Psychologist and science writer Goleman first made the concept of emotional intelligence widely known in Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, which described the importance of understanding emotional information and applying this knowledge effectively to guide intentions and actions. The central concerns of his dozen or so books on this topic as it relates to leadership, education, economics, the environment, world events, and conduct of life are synthesized in this latest offering focused on the Dalai Lama's message of compassion and action as fundamental requirements for human survival. Goleman surveys the wide-ranging impact of the Dalai Lama's wisdom on youth development, brain research, social movements, and individual initiatives as well as the key learnings of multidisciplinary dialogs that have taken place over the course of decades among scientists, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in the Mind and Life Institute meetings with the Dalai Lama. Background notes give a helpful context to the diverse elements in each chapter. -VERDICT Goleman inspires readers to train their minds and hearts in the Dalai Lama's teachings of compassionate action and concern for the world: "Think for the long run, for today's children.... We don't have to leave for them the world as we found it."-Bernadette McGrath, -Vancouver P.L. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.