About the Author

Tenzin Gyatos, His Holines the XIV Dalai Lama, is the exiled spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He is widely rrecognized as an advocate of world peace and has received many honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

Renuka Singh is a professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems at Jawaharlal Nehru University. She has edited other Dalai Lama collections, including The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Buddhism and The Dalai Lama's Big Book of Happiness.