A Landmark Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Are we ready to hear it? Are we ready to act?. I call on you to confront the challenges of our era by rising up and embarking upon a revolution that has no precedent in human history.

This eloquent, urgent manifesto is possibly the most important message the Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It"s his rallying cry, full of solutions for our chaotic, aggressive, divided times: no less than A CALL FOR REVOLUTION.

A Call for Revolution: A Vision for the Future, H.H. Dalai Lama, William Morrow Publisher, Hardcover, 120 pp, $18.99

His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born in 1935 to a peasant family in northeastern Tibet and was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. The world's foremost Buddhist leader, he travels extensively, speaking eloquently in favor of ecumenical understanding , kindness and compassion, respect for the environment, and above all, world peace.