Beyond Religion Av Dalai Lama

<p>In 1999 His Holiness The Dalai Lama published the bestselling <i>Ancient Wisdom: Modern World</i>, which addressed the question of ethics for the new millennium. A decade later, His Holiness enters the contemporary debate about religion vs atheism, and returns to the theme of ethics with a major new work: <i>Beyond Religion: ethics for a whole world.</i><br><br>In this thought-provoking new book he argues that religion is not a necessity for pursuing a spiritual life. Rather, focusing on tolerance and understanding <i>between religions</i>, as well as tolerance and understanding <i>between believers</i> (of any faith) <i>and non-believers</i> is the way forward. The way to achieve such an approach, he proposes, is through a system of secular ethics grounded in a deep appreciation of our common humanity. Aimed particularly at the general reader, <i>Beyond Religion: ethics for a whole world</i> is a modern-day polemic which outlines those ethics he believes should be central to our li