Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. His tireless, efforts on behalf of human rights and world peace have brought him the Wallenberg Award, the Albert Schweitzer Award and the Nobel Peace Prize. Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D., served for a decade as the interpreter to the Dalai Lama. A Buddhist scholar and the author of more than twenty books and translations, he is professor emeritus of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Virginia, where he founded the largest academic program of Tibetan Buddhist studies in the West.
Anything the current Dalai Lama has to say commands attention and interest, and it is difficult to think of another living Tibetan-or indeed any Nobel Peace Prize winner, living or dead-more bold and articulate. The Dalai Lama's most recent book, published to coincide with his 70th birthday, takes up the practice of compassionate love and is likely to prove one of his most enduring. As translator and editor Hopkins points out, the Dalai Lama's advice is deeply rooted in Tibetan Buddhist traditions yet free of intimidating names or inaccessible disciplines; these qualities should make it easy for many readers to approach the open and compassionate attention that makes for peace among people and nations. Highly recommended. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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