How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life

An enduring spiritual personality of unprecedented influence, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has traveled the globe many times over to speak eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding, universal compassion, respect for the environment, and world peace. This book is the tangible fruit of the Dalai Lama’s extraordinary passion and goodwill. At once an accessible, straightforward instructional resource as well as an inspiring guide to daily life, How to Practice grows directly out of the Dalai Lama’s lectures on the specific means to living a more fulfilled life. Through a series of distinct steps designed to lead seekers of all faiths to enlightenment, this volume explores how to live morally from day to day, how to meditate, and how to develop wisdom. How to Practice also reveals His Holiness’s vivacious spirit and sense of playfulness. A richly anecdotal and beautifully designed primer on practicing altruism, refraining from violence, sharpening the mind, and achieving serenity, How to Practice is the key to the untapped richness and wonders of a life made whole.