The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom (Compass)

The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom (Compass)

The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom (Compass)
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Editor: Renuka Singh
Foreword: Dalai Lama
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-27
ISBN: 0140196129
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Book Review: A Years Worth of Thoughts
Summary: 5 Stars

Great calendar like book. Open it up and have a taste (bite size) of wisdom for the day. If you would like to have a thought a day - from the Dali Lama - this is the book for you. Let me give you an example or two that I enjoyed:

April 9

Taking your own body and mind as the laboratory, engage in some thoroughgoing research on your own mental functioning, and examine the possibility of making some positive changes within yourself.

July 12

If you rely on someone who has lower qualities than yourself, that will lead you to degeneration; if you rely on someone who has similar qualities to yourself, you will stay where you are; and if you rely on someone who has better qualities than yourself, that will help you to achieve sublime status.

So, the intention I believe is to read and think and test. If the advise works for you than adopt it and if it doesn't it should be tested in a new way or disregarded. It's not a manual for life but wonderful things to think about - a book that will take a year to read if you do it day by day. Very pleasurable.

Summary of The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom (Compass)

The Dalai Lama serves as a living symbol of holiness and selfless triumph over tribulation for people of all religious traditions-as well as those with no religious affiliation at all. This collection of daily quotations drawn from His Holiness's own writings, teachings, and interviews offers words of guidance, compassion, and peace that are as down to earth as they are rich in spirit. Suffused with endearing informality, warmth, and practicality, they cover almost every aspect of human life, secular and religious--from loneliness, suffering, anger, and everyday insecurities to happiness, intimacy, and responsibility to others. With a special foreword by His Holiness on the power of meditation and personal responsibility, The Path to Tranquility is a fresh and accessible spiritual treasure to return to day after day, year after year.


Wouldn't it be nice to have a handy collection of highlights from the Dalai Lama's writings and teachings? Renuka Singh, a student and friend of the Dalai Lama, brings together a sampling of his words for each day of the year in The Path to Tranquility. In her selections you can sense the intimate encouragement of the student-teacher relationship. The Dalai Lama's words are not distant platitudes or profound proclamations but rather small insights and patient exhortations to keep trying. "We can deny everything except that we have the possibility of being better." "As a spiritual trainee, you must be prepared to endure the hardships of being involved in a genuine spiritual pursuit." "Nothing is more important than guarding the mind." These thoughts are germane to practical cultivation, and pondering a daily passage is a great way to keep the mind coming back to its center. Take a page from the Dalai Lama, and set yourself on the path to tranquility. --Brian Bruya

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