Dear Lama Zopa Radical Solutions for Transforming Problems into Happiness

"Rinpoche is a master at explaining the ancient Buddhist methods for transforming suffering into happiness, which have been practised and taught by Tibetans for a thousand years. It's a challenging way to think - how can it be that the things that cause us pain are blessings? In Dear Lama Zopa, Rinpoche applies that challenge to everyday, real-life problems. Every year he receives hundreds of letters from people around the world asking for advice - on abortion, depression, death, eating disorders, euthanasia, academic failure, fear, grief, healing, pettiness, death, money, old age, pain, prison, revenge, sexual abuse, suicide, terrorism, vegetarianism, war. . .These letters, matched with his inimitable responses, show again and again that we CAN be happy in the face of even terrible suffering; that we can radically change the way we perceive our problems; that by emphasizing the inner causes we can even change the outer circumstances. The book captures Lama Zopa at his most animated and surprising; the answers here are not what you'd expect. But when we open our minds to the possibility that there's something to this, we can begin to feel that Lama Zopa's unorthodox wisdom is quite real."Rinpoche, Lama Zopa is the author of 'Dear Lama Zopa Radical Solutions for Transforming Problems into Happiness', published 2007 under ISBN 9780861712892 and ISBN 0861712897.