01164nam a22002297a#450000100060000000700030000600800410000902000180005008200190006810000440008724501410013126000490027230000600032150502250038152002340060665000250084065000100086565000290087585000080090494200080091299800140092036797tz220909t2000    th ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780861711734  a294.342bB916M  aBstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho,cDalai Lama XIV  aThe meaning of life :bBuddhist perspectives on cause & effect /cDalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho ; translated by Jeffrey Hopkins  aSomerville, MA :bWisdom Publications,c2000  aviii, 148 pages :billustrations (some color) ;c23 cm.  aIntroduction by Jeffrey Hopkins -- The Meaning of Life: the lectures -- 1. The Buddhist worldview -- 2. Life impelled by ignorance -- 3. Levels of the path -- 4. The value of altruism -- 5. Compassion and wisdom combined  aThe Dalai Lama describes the twelve links of dependency on the Wheel of Life, how humankind has become trapped in a prison of suffering and selfishness, and how to turn one's prison into a source of help and happiness for others.  aCausation (Buddhism)  aKARMA  aReligious lifexBuddhism  aMBU  aCL2  anarongrit