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Plucked from a humble nomad family to become the leader of one of Tibet's oldest Buddhist lineages, the young Seventeenth Karmapa draws on timeless values to create an urgent ethic for today's global community. We have always been, and will always be, interconnected--through family, community, and shared humanity. As our planet changes and our world grows smaller, it is vital we not only recognize our connections to one another and to the earth but also begin actively working together as interdependent individuals to create a truly global society. The Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, is uniquely positioned to guide us in this process. Drawing on years of intensive Buddhist training and a passionate commitment to social issues, he teaches how we can move from a merely intellectual understanding to a fully lived experience of connection. By first seeing, then feeling, and finally living these connections, we can become more effective agents of social and ethical change. The Karmapa shows us how gaining emotional awareness of our connectedness can fundamentally reshape the human race. He then guides us to action, showing step by step how we can change the way we use the earth's resources and can continue to better our society. In clear language, the Karmapa draws connections between such seemingly far-flung issues as consumer culture, loneliness, animal protection, and self-reliance. In the process, he helps us move beyond theory to practical and positive social and ethical change.

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As the waves of overwhelmedness and fear rise up, we need the teachings in this marvelous book. <i>Interconnected</i> provides the Buddha s prescription of care, responsibility and engaged practice. Anyone who loves the world will benefit and be nourished by this book. --Koshin Paley Ellison, editor of Awake at the Bedside

As the waves of overwhelm and fear rise up, we need the teachings in this marvelous book. <i>Interconnected</i> provides the Buddha s prescription of care, responsibility and engaged practice. Anyone who loves the world will benefit and be nourished by this book. --Koshin Paley Ellison, editor of Awake at the Bedside

For two hundred years the dominant paradigm of reductionism and fragmentation has created the illusion that we are separate from nature. We have violated the very processes that maintain life. The Karmapa invites us to be aware of our connections with the natural and social worlds that are the condition of our being as he gently walks us through a journey to courageous compassion. This book should be read by everyone young and old, Buddhist and non-Buddhist. It is a survival guide for humanity. --Dr. Vandana Shiva, environmental activist and author of Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace

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His Holiness the Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, is the head of a 900-year-old lineage and one of Buddhism's most important spiritual leaders. He is known for his commitment--grounded in rigorous Buddhist education--to advancing universal human values. He is the seventeenth incarnation in the Karmapa lineage, which dates back to the twelfth century.

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