Religion:My Spiritual Autobiography
My Spiritual Autobiography is a book published in 2009, compiled by Sofia Stril-Rever (Fr) from speeches and interviews of the 14th Dalai Lama, ISBN:9781846042423.
Description
The book is a compilation of unpublished texts of the Dalai Lama, which is accompanied by comments from the translator and collaborator of the Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever. Initially, the book was published in French, and in 2010 it became available translated and published in English and Russian.[1]
The title "My spiritual autobiography" may be a little misleading, for in some ways the book does not resemble an autobiography.[2] The book identifies three characteristics – his Compassionate motivation, lack of self-importance and flexibility of mind – while showing the internal coherence of the Dalai Lama's views in their temporal development, and the continuity of these points of view.[2]
The book is composed of three parts.[1] The first considers universal questions; in the second, the Dalai Lama -as a Buddhist Monk- expressed his hopes for the spiritual transformation of the world through the transformation of each person's mind, and the third provides a History of the Dalai Lama, spiritual master of the Tibetan people, and 14th Dalai Lama's life in exile.
The book ends with a poem, 'Never Give Up', written by the American writer Ron Whitehead in 1994, inspired by the Dalai Lama.[1][3]
See also
- Tibetan Buddhism
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mooney J. (9 December 2010). "The Dalai Lama's Spiritual Journey". in AARP The Magazine (in en). http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/info-12-2010/book-review-my-spiritual-journey.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paine J. (23 January 2011). "The forging of a holy man". in The Washington Post (in en). https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/21/AR2011012106630.html.
- ↑ The Story Behind the Ron Whitehead poem "Never Give Up" insomniacathon.org, accessed 23 May 2018
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