His Holiness Dalai Lama is one of the most renowned spiritual figure in the world. He has been immensely putting his energy and efforts in the work of world peace and is one of the most respected person in today's time.

This is one of his wonderful book which I suggest for everyone to read. "Beyond Religion" in his effort to building a more compassionate and peaceful world. He believes that no change happens overnight, it happens with consistent efforts and education. And with education comes awareness.

This book talks about how we can create a good global environment by tackling the different types of issues. At some places there are wars that impact people, at some places there is environmental problems, some are dealing with corruption and dirty politics whereas some are dealing with social problems such as alcoholism and drugs. In some or the other way we are damaging our Planet and our lives. We all imagine a peaceful world but how will we get that? Our focus is always external on the material aspects of the life which is the main reason for most of the problems. If we bring our focus to the moral ethics and inner values we can tackle the fundamental problems.

The most important aspect of this book is how he talks about the way we have an approach towards Religion.
Religions have been at the heart of human civilization and they are meant to teach us the inner values, but we have reversed all the philosophies of the Religions. In some parts of the world in the name of Religion there are wars and some use Religion to spread fear, for some Religion is a big business. Religions should ideally lead us to the path of Spiritual well-being and nothing else with its core values.

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He says the answer to tackle the fundamental issues to life is only one and that is "Compassion & Kindness"
He talks about Compassion the foundation of our well-being. When we can rise above all the social, political, religious issues and can live with compassion not only towards others but also for our self can we bring a change in our self and the world. With compassion and kindness we can tackle the problems of greed and making it the joy of philanthropy.

But before bringing a change to the world one needs to first start with oneself by bringing in mindfulness in everyday's life, tackling with negative and destructive emotions, blooming one inner values.

It's a wonderful read focusing on how the ethical values can help us deal with all the global challenges, bringing in more peace and creating a better environment for our future generations.

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