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Title: Calling Richard Gere: Hawaii may be home to the first Tibetan Medical School outside of India. (Hawaii Health Care News).(Kohala Natural Healing Arts aims to establish sister school)
Author: Kelli Abe Trifonovitch
Publication: Hawaii Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: Hawaii Business Publishing Co.
Volume: 48Issue: 4Page: 57(2)

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Diablo magazine with Richard Gere - Bee Season cover story. ... Read more

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The World of Tibetan Buddhism is the definitive explanation of Tibetan Buddhism by the world's ultimate authority, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. First providing a general overview of the most elemental Buddhist concepts and terms, the Dalai Lama then goes into reasonable depth on Buddhist values and the Tibetan practice of Vajrayana Buddhism, with a focus on Tantra. A Q&A section and glossary are included. ... Read more

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The World of Tibetan Buddhism
Once again, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, has masterfully explained Tibetan Buddhism. His explanation is clear and concise, easy enough for anyone to read. i would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about Tibetan Buddhism or anyone who enjoys reading His Holiness writing.

Exxcellent but for advanced
Marvellous book, however, the two parts are more for people that already know about Buddhism from practice, those who have their Kleisha yet cannot understand about void or Tantra, aspects that cannot be understood without the deep moral basis attained by following the Four Noble Truths. Thus the First part of the book is for everybody who wants to learn in general about Buddhism, but then the book starts to be very complicated, what a pitty for neophytes.One is not that surprised the write has gained so many doctorates, his intelligence is sparkling from the text, but this would be for a different review...

A BEAUTIFUL BOOK
This book is just what the title implies, an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism.As I read through the pages of this book, what transpired was an overwhelming sense of spiritual peace and tranquility.In today's "crazy world," so many people are looking for peace of mind and "a haven from the storm"that will sustain them through the everyday trials and tribulations of life.If you are not familiar with Buddhism and are still searching for that "safe haven," I think you will, indeed, find this book on the philosophies of Tibetan Buddhism both enlightening and enjoyable.

A good introduction to Buddhism
Before reading this book, I didn't know much about Buddhism, and reading it made me realize just how little I really knew.It gave me a good perspective on Buddhist practice and especially the difference between ZenBuddhism (what I knew a little about) and the rest of the Buddhist world.

It may change your life...
...for the (very) better!I just wanted to do my bit to put the general rating nearer were it should be.This book will put light, wisdom and happiness in your life...how can anyone rate it below five stars isbeyond me!If you love life, you'll love this book (whether you areBuddhist or not)! ... Read more

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surprisingly informative
These conversations between the Ekman and the Dalai Lama are surprisingly illuminating of both men's thoughts on emotion. Although I'd read Ekman's popular books and widely in Buddhist literature prior to listening to these CDs, I learned a great deal.

Not 5 stars only because the CDs are abridged.

An introduction to Buddhist soft "Science"
If you are familiar with the Mind and Life institute and the many books its produced (Destructive Emotions, etc), you will find many similiar issues covered. This book goes into those "Buddhist" topics in vaster detail, with emphasis on translating many Buddhist terms into a "Western Psychology" viewpoint. This is a must have book for a broad audience, including skeptics of Buddhism, any level of Buddhist practioner, Ekman/Darwin fans or anyone interested in psychology/self-help in general. Ekman and the Dalai Lama have a unique bond, and this book brings out a wealth of information in a conversasion type format. Throughout the book you will find many excerpts ranging from half a page to over a page long from the likes of B. Alan Wallace, Paul Ekman, Geshe Dorji Damdul, and many others. The only thing that might steer you away if you are looking for information only on body language/facial expressions, which Paul Ekman has written some books on.

Superlative work, not all that well framed.
The ideas and opinions that are shared by the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman are absolutely invaluable. It is also a very good comedy album in some places because it is edited together pretty poorly. Richard Geere did not do an exceptional job of reading the lines...to be kind.It might have helped if he and Ekman had been in the same room.I guess we will never know.
If you are like me, you can get through the deficits to the real gems that are inherent in the conversations.I simply can't more strongly recommend it.

Chatting on emotional evolution
Ekman gets a whole 39 hours with the Dalai Lama, discussing the world of emotion. The two trade personal stories and research findings, basically talking like friends at the coffee shop. How are emotions triggered? What causes the big differences in intensity, duration, and quality of emotion between people? What aspects of emotional life are shared with animals? (This comes up a lot, and it's fascinating.) What kinds of emotion have survival value? How do moods shape and limit our fields of awareness? What works in overcoming our emotional blinders towards life?

Throughout the discussion these elder gents pull in brief testimonies from social scientists or Buddhist teachers. They think up whole new directions for psychological research. It's fruitful.

Helpful
This augmented transcript of talk between these two men highlights several interesting ideas and the best and most helpful information comes out when they drop any pretense of being "learned" and just talk like a couple of guys. I listened to the audio book and Richard Gere plays the part of the Dahli Lama, affecting the speech pattern with a curious tone and pace. ... Read more

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This story revolves around a little boy who leaves the small planet on which he lives alone, to travel the universe. During his odyssey, which culminates in a trip to Earth, he encounters a series of extraordinary adults.Amazon.com Review
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.

The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy as Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. And despite his tone of gentle bemusement, Saint-Exupéry pulls off some fine satiric touches, too. There's the king, for example, who commands the Little Prince to function as a one-man (or one-boy) judiciary:

I have good reason to believe that there is an old rat living somewhere on my planet. I hear him at night. You could judge that old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death. That way his life will depend on your justice. But you'll pardon him each time for economy's sake. There's only one rat.

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a timeless book for all ages to be read over and over....
This is one of those books that speak to you something new and meaningful every time you read.I think this is my 4th time reading it, and it brought me to tears this time. (in a good way, of course) The beauty and heartaches of "taming", and the importance of imaginations that show you all essentials that are invisible in connections, and the time "wasted" on rose, fresh springs that makes them important....all so very lovely and wise.

My all time Fav
I read the Little Prince when I was in school. Over the years this book has grown over me. I love every page of this book. It has a strong message for everyone. Many of us sleep walk through life, some sleep walk all the time. We don't realize how precious our little life is on this little planet.

The essence of this book for me lie in these lines spoken by the fox to the Little Prince:

"What is essential is invisible to the eye,"
the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."

"It is the time I have wasted for my rose-"
said the little prince so he would be sure to remember.

"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
You are responsible for your rose..."

"I am responsible for my rose,"
the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

Too Small A Book
A bit disappointed in this paperback edition of The Little Prince being so very small and the art work being so ill defined.
Service was fine.

Enchanting
Borrowed book from a friend; seems I missed it as a kid.What a delight!Transported me back to the young years.I especially loved the Lamplighter!HIghly recommended for everyone, young and old. I felt so young at heart and almost silly after reading it in a much-too-quickhour.

Everyone Must Read This. No Exceptions.
The Little Prince is a character who, once he has asked a question, will not let it go until he has an answer. Also, he is from an asteroid, a planet as small as a house, and has tamed a flower there. He has come to earth looking for friends and he meets our narrator, a person of the sort of sensibility one would need to understand and be understood by our Prince.
I wish I had been given this book as a child...the book is truly life-changing and important. ... Read more

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Weekly magazine distributed inside newspapers on a nationwide basis. Cover has photograph of Richard Gere and Diane Lane who star in movie Nights In Rodanthe. ... Read more