{"id":819,"date":"2022-09-22T08:40:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T08:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/?p=819"},"modified":"2022-10-07T10:29:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T10:29:10","slug":"all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-happiness-life-and-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/2022\/09\/22\/all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-happiness-life-and-living\/","title":{"rendered":"All You Ever Wanted to Know About Happiness, Life and Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/19-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/19-1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/19-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/19-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>All You Ever Wanted to Know About Happiness, Life and Living<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>His Holiness the Dalai Lama<\/strong>&nbsp;describes himself as \u201ca simple Buddhist monk.\u201d However, to millions of people around the world, he embodies the highest human aspiration: to be happy. His messages of compassion, altruism, and peace are articulated in a unique secular ethic for our times and supported with techniques and practices that can help us achieve these ideals. He is the Dalai Lama\u2014or simply, His Holiness\u2014the epitome of the Buddhist model of loving-kindness and an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion and mercy. Evoking global respect and admiration, he is both a prophet and a statesman for our troubled times, yet he\u2019s intensely human and accessible. He\u2019s an inspiration to millions, yet many feel as if he touches and speaks to them personally. He is a Buddhist but belongs to&nbsp;<em>all<\/em>&nbsp;humanity. His Holiness is one of the most recognizable\u2014and recognized\u2014faces in the free world.<br><br><br>This remarkable book is an edited compilation of mostly personal conversations spanning nearly 20 years between the Dalai Lama and&nbsp;<strong>Rajiv Mehrotra,<\/strong>&nbsp;one of his early disciples who\u2019s now the trustee and secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility, which was established with the funds from the Nobel Peace Prize. Here, the Dalai Lama is a teacher to a spiritual aspirant; a divine master and a temporal leader; an ambassador for Tibet and a lovable guru-philosopher to the whole world; a practitioner of the 2,500-year-old teachings of Buddhism; a Tibetan Buddhist and an interfaith ambassador; and an intense practitioner of mind-training and an inveterate optimist. His multiple hats may appear contradictory at times, but he balances them all, living his life with ease and happiness.<br><br><br>Within these pages, the Dalai Lama\u2019s disarming candor, his deep empathy for his student\u2019s quest, and his wisdom\u2014garnered not just from texts and scriptures, but also from an active engagement with life\u2014offer invaluable insights to us all on how we may find true happiness in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published By Hay House, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All You Ever Wanted to Know About Happiness, Life and Living His Holiness the Dalai Lama&nbsp;describes himself as \u201ca simple Buddhist monk.\u201d However, to millions of people around the world, he embodies the highest human aspiration: to be happy. 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