The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Hardcover format.
The main characters of this non fiction, philosophy story are ,. The book has been awarded with , and many others. A decade later, His Holiness enters the contemporary debate about religion vs atheism, and returns to the theme of ethics with a major new work: Beyond Religion: ethics for a whole world. In this thought-provoking new book he argues that religion is not a necessity for pursuing a spiritual life. Rather, focusing on tolerance and understanding between religions, as well as tolerance and understanding between believers of any faith and non-believers is the way forward.
The way to achieve such an approach, he proposes, is through a system of secular ethics grounded in a deep appreciation of our common humanity. Aimed particularly at the general reader, Beyond Religion: ethics for a whole world is a modern-day polemic which outlines those ethics he believes should be central to our lives.
A follow-up to the best-selling Ethics for a New Millennium outlines a system of secular ethics that both transcends religion and incorporates religious tolerance for the overall improvement of human life on individual, community and global levels, offering an accompanying guided meditation practice for cultivating key human values. This book is about faith and logic, sin and guilt. It is also about innocence and its punishment.
The novel traces Thomas Spanner's life with a dysfunctional father who blames Thomas for his sister's death. Unable to cope with blame and guilt, Thomas becomes drug addicted. He has a religious experience, gives up his drug dependency and eventually becomes a priest. He is assigned to an isolated religious community where he tries to fight a harsh Medieval Catholicism.
Thomas falls in love with Greta-church secretary and nominal Catholic. They marry and together they escape from Johnsburgh. Death and reincarnation are the two most mysterious of the spiritual mysteries. It is easy to reject the truth behind both of them. After all, when a person dies, they stop breathing. The big question becomes the following: What happens at death? What is its mystery? Does a person cease to exist after their last breath has been taken?
Fear of death is what causes us to worship death. We worship death when we put death on a pedestal and pay for expensive funerals, dress the lifeless body in finery, lay the lifeless body in a satin lined casket made of fine wood, lower the casket into the ground, and identify the location with an expensive gravestone. Then we walk away, to wait for the event to happen to us.
It is easy to believe that we do not live after death, regardless of all that Holy Script teaches, regardless of all that spiritual teachers have taught since the beginning of time. When we see a loved one take their last breath, we witness a fact. There is no hidden meaning. The loved one is gone. We are left with emptiness and, sometimes, unbearable sorrow. Beyond religion: ethics for a whole world: dalai lama A bracing and essential modern-day polemic from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Beyond Religion is a blueprint for all those who yearn for a life of spiritual.
In it, he discusses the. Beyond religion: ethics for a whole world by dalai lama xiv Beyond Religion has 2, ratings and reviews. Barry said: The Dalai Lama is one of the most misunderstood public figures, and he is misunderstood in. Beyond religion: ethics for a whole world - pdfripper. Beyond religion: ethics for a whole world - stillness speaks Ten years ago, in the best-selling Ethics for a New Millennium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed an approach to ethics based on universal rather than.
Listen to beyond religion - audiobook audible. It is about Secular ethics use in our everyday life. Those are ethics that can be used by. Shop with confidence on eBay! One of the most intimate and personal conversations yet published with the Dalai Lama. Published By Riverhead Books,. Share with your friends. Beyond religion: ethics for a whole world ebook: his - amazon Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World The Dalai Lama covers his idea of universal world ethics and presents a and how compassion is beyond religion.
While we can live without tea, we can't live without water. As we move beyond the narrow scope of religious beliefs and stop focusing on how we are different from one another, we can find meaning, purpose, and satisfaction in life. I believe the reason why the Dalai Lama spends so much time in his book talking about compassion is because it is a universal principle that appeals to everyone in this world.
Through the lens of professional communications, as human beings we are all motivated to forge connections with those around us. It is through the power of compassion that we can strengthen these connections. To be a truly ethical person, compassion is not only essential, it is the very foundation of which we should base our lives upon.
Justice Justice is an essential pillar of every society. It is through an enduring commitment to social justice that society can care for and meet the needs of those who suffer. Through adherence to a social justice system, every single person in a society has equal rights, and perhaps just as important, equal opportunities. The Dalai Lama teaches that justice and compassion are not conflicting ideas, but instead that they are two concepts that should complement one another.
Justice of each action should be met with a compassionate response. Even individuals who has committed the most heinous acts are capable of change. Punish the actor in proportion to the misdeed, but do not indulge the desire for vengeance. Beyond Religion promotes justice through high ethical conduct.
Pursuing revenge in the name of justice is irresponsible and reckless. The Dalai Lama teaches us that in order to truly put these ethics into practice in our everyday lives, we need three things: an ethic of restraint, an ethic of virtue, and an ethic of altruism.
The ethic of restraint references the concept of minimizing all harm done to others. Harm to others includes immediately violent acts, sexual promiscuity and exploitation, theft, and self- centeredness. By treating others with respect, compassion, and kindness, we are showing restraint over carnal desires.
As we begin to mindfully recognize the impact of our actions on others, we can begin to actively go about doing good. The ethic of virtue teaches us that we should seek out opportunities to comfort those in need, be mindfully charitable and generous, and finding joy in the accomplishments of your fellow man.
Finally, we are led to the ethic of altruism. Altruism is the highest form of ethical practice.
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