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For many people throughout the world, no other figure more embodies the heart of Buddhist compassion than His Holiness the Dalai Lama. As the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism has become better known over the past several years, the Dalai Lama has become more and more of an important spiritual leader for many in the West. But while His Holiness has spoken extensively about the practice of Tibetan Buddhism, he has never before directly addressed the general questions that confront the world in the way he does in this special series of dialogues.
French film writer Jean-Claude Carrière's conversations with the Dalai Lama cover the various issues and problems that challenge world civilization today--including women's rights, education, terrorism, the population explosion, environmental dangers, and an increase in both random and organized violence. The Dalai Lama exhibits his characteristic warmth and clarity of thought throughout each of these discussions, but what is most valuable is his ability to cut through to the essence of each issue and offer insightful guidance. From these precious talks come profound wisdom and pragmatic challenges for humanity's move into the next millennium.
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Reseña de Publisher's Weekly
In 1993, well-known French screenwriter Carrière traveled to Dharamsala, India, the encampment and center of exiled Tibetans, to interview the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of a country occupied by China since 1950. In these wide-ranging talks, the Dalai Lama calls for democratic elections in Tibet, supports birth control and women's rights and stresses the global need for population control as a step toward combating poverty and environmental destruction. He suggests that Buddhism, with meditation as its core practice, can be an antidote to racism and fundamentalism of every stripe, because it teaches tolerance, peace of mind, compassion and the interdependence of all things. He touches on a variety of topics, from reincarnation to the big bang. These conversations, introduced by Carrière's interlinking commentaries, apply practical spiritual intelligence to contemporary worldwide problems. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
French film writer Carrière (The Return of Martin Guerre, etc.) does most of the talking in this set of conversations with Tibet's world-acclaimed religious leader. Contemporary issues, rather than the finer points of Tantric doctrine and practice, are the subject of these interviews, which took place near Dharamsala in northern India in February 1993. In response to Carrière's promptings, the Dalai Lama speaks on such themes as the environment, nonretaliation, and how the Buddhist doctrines of interdependence and compassion harmonize with the findings of quantum theory. The Dalai Lama explains his Five Point Peace Plan for an autonomous, if not independent, Tibet, and he endorses birth control in the Third World as a necessity on account of the population explosion, while maintaining that it is ``pernicious'' on the individual level because of the supreme worth of human life in the cycle of rebirth. We are urged to find the inner nature of our minds: The view of the world as essentially competitive is false and ``eliminates any descent into the self, any meditation, and any reflection.'' Carrière offers some useful background information on Buddhism, but he allows his personality and preoccupations to dominate and tends to railroad the Dalai Lama's profoundly dialectical outlook into his own issues: for example, his facile dismissal of Judaism and Christianity and his open contempt for John Paul II. When he cannot do this, Carrière is not above patronizing his host, e.g., for holding unenlightened views on sexuality (``On that point he has nothing new to offer us'') and believing in reincarnation. Admirers of the Dalai Lama should not feel they have to add this to their collection.
Reseña de Booklist
Since winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, the Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) has become one of the world's most important spiritual leaders, due in part to his wonderfully lucid writings. Here, in this riveting set of conversations with French screenwriter Carriere (The Return of Martin Guerre, The Unbearable Lightness of Being), the Dalai Lama addresses the issues and conflicts of daily life in today's violent and fractious world. Carriere is superb, posing one stimulating question after another. For his part, his holiness is succinct, gently humorous, and extraordinarily illuminating. He and Carriere talk about war, religious fundamentalism, the population explosion, environmental degradation, women and Buddhism, reincarnation, love, compassion, and Buddhism as a "science of the mind." No matter what troubling issue Carriere raises, the Dalai Lama responds with optimism based on his belief that "the concept of humanity as one is much stronger nowadays than it once was." His holiness also believes that education--moral, spiritual, and practical--is essential to achieving a genuine global perspective, which, in turn, is essential to our survival. This is a rich and invigorating volume, full of ponderable wisdom. --Donna Seaman
Library Journal Review
This book records the conversation that screenwriter Carrière (The Unbearable Lightness of Being) held with the Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism, in 1993. The topics covered range from exile and reincarnation to education and science. In each dialog, Carrière questions the Dalai Lama about the meaningfulness of Tibetan Buddhism in the world today. The Dalai Lama's responses are often playful, but they alsoare filled with the penetrating insight we have come to expect from this wise religious leader. Unfortunately, Carrière too often dominates the conversation with his naïve questions, sometimes even presuming to answer the question for the Dalai Lama. Not recommended. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.