Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World

HH the Dalai Lama always try to spread peace and his message is never about your religion or my religion but as human being. A very good book for any background or belief. Very easy to read and understand. I honestly feel we need this kind of book as a reminder every now and then.

Great.Did delivered and I saw the picture in my phone but I didn’t get the package.

The Dalai Lama is one of the religious figures that transcends his denomination. In this well written philosophical text, he explores the value of developing a secular set of ethics, with compassion, balance and acceptance as key elements. His approach remains influenced by Eastern practice and philosophy, but does not rely on Buddhism or any other religion to grasp. A good read.

Thoughtful and helpful guidance during this very turbulent time in our world. To try to hold on to compassion and kindness in a world full of hate and division right now is a challenge.

The Dalai Lama does a fantastic book distinguishing ethics, morality, character and spiritualness in a way not tied to religion. How could such a prominent figure in the Buddhist faith not mention any swaying ideology to his faith and practice? Could the Pope right a book on how to be a good person outside of the realm of Catholicism? Regardless, he does it. A perfect distinction on living life similar to that of water (character/values) and tea (religion). One element you absolutely need to survive as a human, I'll let you guess which one it is ;) Overall, a good back that is also a quick read straight from the mouth of the Dalai Lama, himself. Although, I don wonder how royalties on this book deal or purchases work for him? I'm sure they go to the monastery -anyways that's another topic. Good read here!

This is a book that I think a lot of people need in the current climate of the world right now. I am just finishing the book in November 2020. Even though the book was written back in 2011 I believe, the knowledge that it puts forward is timeless. A lot of this should be automatic for human-beings, but you'd be surprised how many people a lot of the concepts in the book just simply do not apply to or are a foreign concept to them. Mainly compassion, which is spoke about a lot in the book, just seems like it is lacking today. I think if we all take a second to step back, assess, and then open our mouths, the world would be at least that much better. We have seem to forgotten that the world is bigger than just ourselves and need to try to come back to remember that. We all seem to have to forgotten that other people have feelings and they should be taken into consideration. Its very easy to get wrapped up in the me me me culture and completely forget that in the end it is all us us us. “You” may have gotten what you wanted, but what about all the people that was crushed along the way? Are they any less important than yourself? Myself, I picked up the kindle version of this book and you can digitally “highlight” passages that you like of course. If I had a physical copy of this book, I think I would have had to use a couple of highlight markers because I found myself constantly highlighting passages in it. Like I stated earlier, majority of this book should be automatic for people, but still interesting none the less. At the end of my reviews, I usually state if I think that the book is worthy of a physical copy for the bookshelf. I can say that it is.

I have been studying about secular Buddhism for a while and I just love Tenzin Gyatso's teaching. As soon as I started reading, I just could not put the book down. I finished it in a couple day and there are so many great teachings about how to be a compassionate person, not as a Buddhist, but just as a human being. I believe that everyone should read this and it would be even better for all the school to teach about empirical truth teachings.

The entire book is kinda boring to read. i think i fell asleep on it at least twice but he does prove some good points about how to be more compassionate, use our discernment and learn to forgive. His idealism is good but as we all know humanity will never get to this level. I would not recommend it because its a lot of blabbing about certain subjects and random stories. He really doesn't teach you anything until the end about different forms of mediation but even then he babbles on about the the forms and throws in some stories. Then the Afterword at the end of the book is just highlight all of things he has already talked about. Good thing this book was short because there is no way i would of finished it if it was any longer.

Es ist ungemein wichtig, dass in einer Zeit, in der die größte Flüchtlingsbewegung jene aus religiös motivierten Krisenherden hin zu säkularen Ländern (in denen offensichtlich alles besser funktioniert und friedlicher ist) ist, jemand ausspricht: vielleicht ist es Zeit für ein Ende der Religion. Küng hat es mit seiner Initiative Weltethos versucht, blieb aber im Religiösen verhaftet.

Sinceramente, não sei se, desprovido de um background religioso e da minha grande admiração por Dalai Lama, eu tivesse ido até o fim deste livro. Na minha opinião, Dalai Lama não consegue desprender a proposta de uma 'ética secular (que acho possível) dos postulados religiosos, muito pelo contrário, até os alimenta. Principalmente na segunda parte do livro, o autor se prende muito a exercícios de concentração e de auto-controle que, se já são difíceis para uma pessoa de fé, imaginemos para uma pessoa sem nenhuma religião. O autor teria deixado mais a pensar se tivesse se contentado com a primeira parte do livro.

Another fine book by the Dalai Lama , this time addressing the need for secular ethics. Secular means worldly and lasting through the ages , so while respecting all religions , it is a call for the Human Race to come together for the betterment and survival of us all. Like all his books it is easy and comforting to read.

S.S. Dalai Lama afirma que en las actuales condiciones del mundo requerimos de una guía ética que nos ayude a direccionar nuestras acciones: tanto a nivel individual como social. Esta ética no debe estar fundamentada en valores religiosos, sino en nuestra conciencia de interdependencia entre todos los seres humanos, otros seres vivos y el ecosistema que habitamos. Este proyecto de ética sin religión: es fundamental para garantizar las relaciones humanas y la supervivencia como especie.

Excelente libro para cualquier persona, mas alla de sus creencias religiosas, valga la redundancia. Una guia con escasas pinceladas de budismo, aplicable mas alla del tiempo y lugar, ojala de aplicara con mayor cotidianeidad