People possess an innate desire to seek happiness and to overcome suffering. The reason why Buddha emphasized the development of a profound insight into the nature of suffering is because there is an alternative, there is a way out, there is a possiblity of freedom from that suffering.
Discusses the Dalai Lama's personal ideas on forgiveness through the stories of Victor Chan and his over thirty-year friendship with the Tibetan leader.
Presents brief words of wisdom from the teachings of the Buddha on themes of individual awareness and kindness, wise relationships, and the interconnection of all beings, and includes six meditations to quiet the mind and open the heart.
Ming Neng, entering a retreat to test her karma as a Buddhist nun, becomes trapped between her long-held spiritual quest and forbidden passion when she succumbs to temptation with the young American doctor who saved her life.
