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AN OPEN HEART
PRACTICING COMPASSION IN EVERYDAY LIFE
THE DALAI LAMA
EDITED BY NICHOLAS VREELAND
AFTERWORD BY
KHYONGLA RATO AND RICHARD GERE


Copyright й 2001 by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Foreword copyright й 2001 by Nicholas Vreeland
Afterword copyright й 2001 by Khyongla Rato and Richard Gere
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81, Sonam Zobang; pp. 55,117, William Avedon; pp. 73, 99,139, Beth Lauren; pp. 169,192, Elizabeth Avedon; pp. 107, 181,184, Richard Gere (courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery Los Angeles).
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV.
An open heart: practicing compassion in everyday life / by the Dalai Lama ; edited by Nicholas Vreeland ; afterword by Khyongla Rato and Richard Gere. Ч 1 st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-316-98979-7
I. Vreeland, Nicholas. II. Title.
BQ7935.B774 O627 2001
294.3'444 Чdc21 2001029413
10 987654321
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Printed in the United States of America Book design by Elizabeth Paul Avedon with Laura White
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
BY NICHOLAS VREELAND
VII INTRODUCTION
CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY, AUGUST is, 1999
3 ONE
THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS
27 TWO
MEDITATION, A BEGINNING
43 THREE
THE MATERIAL AND IMMATERIAL WORLD
55 FOUR
KARMA
63 FIVE
THE AFFLICTIONS
73 SIX
THE VAST AND THE PROFOUND: Two ASPECTS OF THE PATH
81 SEVEN
COMPASSION
89
EIGHT