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A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World
Audible Audiobook – UnabridgedDaniel Goleman (Author, Narrator), LLC More Than Sound(Publisher)
4.5 out of 5 stars 91 customer reviews
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Listening Length: 6 hours and 36 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: More Than Sound, LLC
Audible.com Release Date: July 9, 2015
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For more than half a century, in such books as The Art of Happiness and The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Inner Peace, the Dalai Lama has guided us along the path to compassion and taught us how to improve our inner lives. In A Force for Good, with the help of his longtime friend Daniel Goleman, the New York Times best-selling author of Emotional Intelligence, the Dalai Lama explains how to turn our compassionate energy outward. This revelatory and inspiring work provides a singular vision for transforming the world in practical and positive ways.
Much more than just the most prominent exponent of Tibetan Buddhism, the 14th Dalai Lama is also a futurist who possesses a profound understanding of current events and a remarkable canniness for modern social issues. When he takes the stage worldwide, people listen. A Force for Good combines the central concepts of the Dalai Lama, empirical evidence that supports them, and true stories of people who are putting his ideas into action - showing how harnessing positive energies and directing them outward has lasting and meaningful effects. Goleman details the science of compassion and how this singular guiding motivation has the power to:
- Break such destructive social forces as corruption, collusion, and bias
- Heal the planet by refocusing our concerns toward our impact on the systems that support all life
- Reverse the tendency toward systemic inequity through transparency and accountability
- Replace violence with dialogue
- Counter us-and-them thinking by recognizing human oneness
- Create new economic systems that work for everyone, not just the powerful and rich
- Design schooling that teaches empathy, self-mastery, and ethics
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Douglas Griffith
5.0 out of 5 starsA Must Read If You Want a Better WorldNovember 30, 2017
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The Dalai Lama is a unique individual. He is not interested in converting people to Buddhism. Rather he is interested in combining meditative practices with science to make a better world.
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David S. Abuin
3.0 out of 5 starsThe latter a better way to continue to help others while the former ...March 20, 2018
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I bought this book because I heard on a podcast (possibly the Scientific American podcast) that there was a difference on how the brain experiences empathy versus compassion. The latter a better way to continue to help others while the former often leads to burnout. The book was a mix between praising the Dalai Lama and how the Dalai Lama believes how people should approach life using anecdotes. The Dalai Lama praising was a little too much for me, though. He's just a man.
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K. Winn
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderfully upliftingSeptember 14, 2015
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I would suggest if you need an uplifting book and hope for the future that you read this. It helps to counteract all the hateful speech and actions I see in the world. Perhaps if we all meditated for 5 hours a day like the Dalai Lama, we would all have a more compassionate for our fellow human beings.
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EllieL.
5.0 out of 5 starsClear and easy to read and understandMay 24, 2016
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Clear and easy to read and understand. The Dalai Lama is a wonderful soul and reading how he views the world is inspiring and complicated even if he makes it sound simple. I love how he loves all of us, seeing each as a gift from God and worthy of love and respect. Would that we all could evolve to his example. His beliefs are extremely profound and inspires one to seek more Spiritual activity in one's life. Namaste'
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Dr. Debra Wingfield
5.0 out of 5 starsBecome a 21st Century Leader filled with CompassionNovember 8, 2016
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Goleman provides an excellent account of the Dalai Lama's vision to move from ideas to compassionate action. His wisdom resounds through the ages for young people to step into their power and impact the world. An inspiring and uplifting account of projects the Dalai Lama already encouraged into action. A must read for anyone concerned about returning the world to peace and harmony.
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Denny
5.0 out of 5 starsSpread the wordJuly 27, 2016
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If you find news depressing, reading this book will change that view and give you options on how to help others. It is full of examples showing how from little seeds great things happen. You will then become a change maker and realize that a positive outlook is the only way to counteract your destructive emotions that seem overwhelming. Once you shift your thinking, then you can become really force for good too. This book is amazing. Just read it and pass it on then take action. Our future generations will thank you.
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Cathleen
5.0 out of 5 starsPowerful antidote to the negative news of the dayApril 27, 2018
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A call to individuals: work on yourself and open your heart. Embrace compassion and act on it. Doing something to help others will make you happier and healthier. Teach children mental hygiene and compassion, which is naturally present in all of us. Create conditions of hope. Many people are making positive differences today. We can all change the world together.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive StarsMarch 8, 2018
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This was gift for my sister and it was just what she wanted.
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Top customer reviews
Douglas Griffith
5.0 out of 5 starsA Must Read If You Want a Better WorldNovember 30, 2017
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
The Dalai Lama is a unique individual. He is not interested in converting people to Buddhism. Rather he is interested in combining meditative practices with science to make a better world.
2 people found this helpful
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David S. Abuin
3.0 out of 5 starsThe latter a better way to continue to help others while the former ...March 20, 2018
Format: Hardcover|Verified Purchase
I bought this book because I heard on a podcast (possibly the Scientific American podcast) that there was a difference on how the brain experiences empathy versus compassion. The latter a better way to continue to help others while the former often leads to burnout. The book was a mix between praising the Dalai Lama and how the Dalai Lama believes how people should approach life using anecdotes. The Dalai Lama praising was a little too much for me, though. He's just a man.
Helpful|Comment|Report abuse
K. Winn
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderfully upliftingSeptember 14, 2015
Format: Hardcover|Verified Purchase
I would suggest if you need an uplifting book and hope for the future that you read this. It helps to counteract all the hateful speech and actions I see in the world. Perhaps if we all meditated for 5 hours a day like the Dalai Lama, we would all have a more compassionate for our fellow human beings.
3 people found this helpful
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EllieL.
5.0 out of 5 starsClear and easy to read and understandMay 24, 2016
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
Clear and easy to read and understand. The Dalai Lama is a wonderful soul and reading how he views the world is inspiring and complicated even if he makes it sound simple. I love how he loves all of us, seeing each as a gift from God and worthy of love and respect. Would that we all could evolve to his example. His beliefs are extremely profound and inspires one to seek more Spiritual activity in one's life. Namaste'
3 people found this helpful
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Dr. Debra Wingfield
5.0 out of 5 starsBecome a 21st Century Leader filled with CompassionNovember 8, 2016
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
Goleman provides an excellent account of the Dalai Lama's vision to move from ideas to compassionate action. His wisdom resounds through the ages for young people to step into their power and impact the world. An inspiring and uplifting account of projects the Dalai Lama already encouraged into action. A must read for anyone concerned about returning the world to peace and harmony.
2 people found this helpful
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Denny
5.0 out of 5 starsSpread the wordJuly 27, 2016
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
If you find news depressing, reading this book will change that view and give you options on how to help others. It is full of examples showing how from little seeds great things happen. You will then become a change maker and realize that a positive outlook is the only way to counteract your destructive emotions that seem overwhelming. Once you shift your thinking, then you can become really force for good too. This book is amazing. Just read it and pass it on then take action. Our future generations will thank you.
2 people found this helpful
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Cathleen
5.0 out of 5 starsPowerful antidote to the negative news of the dayApril 27, 2018
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
A call to individuals: work on yourself and open your heart. Embrace compassion and act on it. Doing something to help others will make you happier and healthier. Teach children mental hygiene and compassion, which is naturally present in all of us. Create conditions of hope. Many people are making positive differences today. We can all change the world together.
Helpful|Comment|Report abuse
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 starsFive StarsMarch 8, 2018
Format: Hardcover|Verified Purchase
This was gift for my sister and it was just what she wanted.
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