His Holiness the Dalai Lama interprets the ancient wisdom of the Buddha for living in the modern world

Can an ordinary person with family responsibilities achieve Nirvana or Buddhahood? What should be the spiritual limit of ambition for a busy professional? How do you stay positive when confronted with environmental and human injustice?

Answering these and a host of other questions from his most recent annual Dharma Celebration, His Holiness delivers a message about the paths to �right living� and the need to overcome negative emotions in order to develop one�s inner consciousness. Wise, compassionate, and always pragmatic, he offers advice on the many issues that confront us every day: how to free ourselves from emotional afflictions and petty cravings, how to transform anxiety into contentment, and how to initiate and keep alive interfaith dialogue in the troubled times we live in.

Many Ways to Nivana, Reflections and Advice on Right Living, Dalai Lama, Renuka Singh (ed). Penquin, 2004, Paperback, 203 pages.

The 14th Dalai Lama, born Lhamo Dhondrub on July 6, 1935 to a peasant family in Northeastern Tibet, was recognized as the reincarnation of the spiritual and temporal leader of his nation at the age of two and officially enthroned on February 22, 1940. He served as the leader of Tibet until 1959, when he and 100,000 followers fled the country following a revolt against the Communist Chinese forces that had occupied Tibet for almost a decade. Since that time, the Dalai Lama has met with world leaders and U. N. officials and traveled the world in a tireless effort to free his country. Although he remains in exile, living in India, he was rewarded for his efforts in 1989, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize. He accepted the award in the name of oppressed people everywhere.
The Dalai Lama, spiritual & political leader of the Tibetan people & a Nobel Peace Laureate, has in the last decade become a global spiritual leader whose message of universal & individual responsibility has won worldwide acclaim.

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	xi
The Four Seals in Buddhism	1
Overcming Negative Emotions	43
Self-Development through the Six Perfections	85
Cuktivating Equanimity	119
The Four Noble Truths and the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation	151
Index	191