Full of insights & very practical this important book by the Dalai Lama shows that self-knowledge is the key to personal development & creating positive relationships How to See Yourself As You Really Are is based on a fundamental Buddhist belief that love & insight work together to bring about enlightenment like two wings of a bird It provides a new perspective on the psychological problems of hurting ourselves through misguided exaggerated notions of self others events & physical things It shows how even our senses deceive us drawing us into unwise attachments & negative actions that can only come back to haunt us in the future Drawing on wisdom & techniques refined in Tibetan monasteries for more than a thousand years & adopting as its structure traditional Buddhist steps of meditative reflection How to See Yourself As You Really Are
Includes:: practical exercises & gives readers a clear path to assess their growth & personal development The book is enlivened throughout with warm personal anecdotes & intimate accounts of the Dalai Lama's experiences as a life-long student a meditator a political leader & an international figure working with other Nobel Peace Laureates to address crises around the world His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet Today he lives in exile in Northern India & works tirelessly on behalf of the Tibetan people as well as travelling the world to give spiritual teachings to sell-out audiences He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989