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    An Appeal to the World: The Way to Peace in a Time of Division

    By Matthew Sturgis and Franz Alt

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    #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • FEATURES EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL ON THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY 

    "Makes the case for unity in a world rife with divisions." —New York Times Book Review

    In this brief yet profound address to global humanity, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet reveals that we all hold the seeds of world peace within us: “I see with ever greater clarity that our spiritual well-being depends,” the Nobel Peace Prize winner writes, “on our innate human nature, our natural affinity for goodness, compassion, and caring for others.”

    Already a major international bestseller, An Appeal to the World, the new book by one of the most revered spiritual leaders of our time, outlines both the inward and outward paths to peace, addressing a wide range of contemporary topics—from the rise of nationalism, Trump presidency, refugee crisis, climate catastrophes, and materialism to meditation, universal ethics, and even neuroscience. Here is a small book that can truly change the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 7, 2017
    ISBN9780062835550
    Author

    Matthew Sturgis

    Matthew Sturgis read history at Oxford, worked for four years in publishing, and since then has made his living by writing – art criticism for ‘Harpers & Queens’, travel pieces for the ‘Sunday Telegraph’, and book reviews for the ‘Independent’. His cartoons have been published in the ‘Oldie’ and the ‘Daily Mail’. His previous book, ‘Passionate Attitudes: The English Decadence of the 1890s’, was published in 1995 by Macmillan.

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    • 5/5
      AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with Franz Alt doing the interviews, is a small book with a big message. In less than 100 pages His Holiness shares his latest revelations with the world. His message hopes to convey a “way to peace in a time of division.”For the most part, the book is an interview with Ph.D. Franz Alt asking the questions in his best interview manner and the Dalai Lama responding. They talk about Spirituality, the Education of the Heart, War, The Next Generation, even Mr. Trump, along the way revealing this religious leader in exile’s views on these and many other subjects. The most revealing thing in the entire book is this religious leader’s view on what is most important for the World to learn and for each individual to hold in their heart. It is not religion, it is ethics and morality. Teaching these two things, learning these two things, bringing forth these elements of our inner humanity, he feels is far more important than impressing the artificial construct of any religion upon the heart of mankind. Nurturing what we are born with, an innate need to do good, is more worthwhile than any tract or text on spirituality. God is within us all, no matter what name you give that leader, so let us find the common ground and shake off the chains that hold us back from being one world, one people.Or something like that.Short, sweet, on point, wasting no time to get to the important points, AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD is an opening salvo for humanity. The question remains, “Is humanity too selfish, ignorant, small-minded, or any of a thousand other things, to do what is truly important?”Probably.
    • 5/5
      An Appeal To The World:The Way To Peace In A Time of Division🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒
      By Dalai Lama
      2017
      William Morrow/ Harper Collins

      The practice of mindfulness. . . .Inclusion, empathy and esp ETHICS, are things we should become more aware of, within ourselves and the world we live in...
      Wonderful, brief but very deep
      Highly Recommended
    • 5/5
      The Dalai Lama’s An Appeal to the World is a moving primer of his message for the 21st century. In an interview with television journalist Franz Alt, His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressed both the inward and outward paths of peace, war, climate change, materialism, meditation, universal ethics, and even neuroscience.His Holiness discussed six principles: 1) nonviolence—of which he has become a symbol to free Tibet; 2) tolerance—he envisions no peace unless there is peace among religions; 3) each religion’s uniqueness; 4) the meaning of religion today—the Dalai Lama sees a religious person as one who collaborates in preserving the earth; 5) patience—His Holiness saw himself working on this virtue; and 6) death and rebirth—he has no clue what will happen.Still the Dalai Lama presents the world with a “childlike faith” in political miracles saying, “One day we will cooperate well with China.” He pins his greatest hope on China’s young people, and the 400 million who are Buddhists. His Holiness viewed the 65 years of Chinese Communism as an enormous spiritual void, as compared with 1,300 years of Tibetan Buddhism.
    • 4/5
      A serious of interviews transcribed into this small & powerful book. Much food for thought from the Honorable Dalai Lama XIV.
    • 5/5
      Das Büchlein fasst die Botschaft des Dalai Lama (Gewaltlosigkeit, Toleranz, Religiöse Offenheit, Bewahrung der Schöpfung, Geduld, Wiedergeburt) zusammen. Andere Bücher seiner Heiligkeit sind ausführlicher, aber vll. ist gerade deshalb dieses Buch als informative Einführung recht gut geeignet. Wenn doch einfach jeder danach handeln würde! Die Welt wäre ein besserer Ort!Das Buch zu kaufen ist auf jeden Fall positiv: Seine Heiligkeit, der Dalai Lama, der Fernsehjournalist Dr. Franz Alt sowie der Verlag Benevento Publishing spenden Honorar und Gewinn aus diesem kleinen Buch der Deutschen Tibethilfe.