The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai LamaFor the first time ever, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate His Holiness the Dalai Lama addresses children directly, sharing lessons of peace and compassion, told through stories of his own childhood. One of today's most inspiring world leaders was once an ordinary child named Lhamo Thondup. In a small village in Tibet, his mother was his first great teacher of compassion. In everyday moments from his childhood, young readers begin to see that important

Tibetans and their plight still remain significantly shrouded by Chinese government policies that restrict freedom of movement and speech

Nonetheless

and leader

Causing the further exclusion of Tibetans from economic activity - which even Chinese analysts believe risks provoking the very despair and opposition feared by the Chinese state in its quest for 'political stability'

"I salute and offer my deepest respects to the courageous poets in occupied Tibet who shower the dark sky with beautiful words as bulldozers rumble across the high plateau

So is this book

photographs and cartoons from a variety of contributors that bring them to life on the page

we can create the kind of world His Holiness envisions

One is called Yesterday

Written for kids 8 and up

In everyday moments from his childhood

the customs and traditions of Tibetan society