Book Report- My Spiritual Journey

They book I read throughout the semester was called My Spiritual Journey by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is somewhat of an autobiography, in that it is a collection of teachings and stories from His Holiness. It was originally titled My Spiritual Autobiography, but it was changed because although all the statements in the book are the Dalai Lama's, "but given the collaborative effort involved in creating this book, it is not an autobiography in the strictest sense."

The book touches on the Dalai Lama's life, and how he came to be where he is now. It then gives excerpts from his teachings that have been translated by his translator Sofia Stril-Rever. Teachings are given in Three Main Parts, and subsections within each part:

• Part I: As a Human Being
• Our Common Humanity
• My Lives Without Beginning or End
• Part II: As a Buddhist Monk
• Transforming Oneself
• Transforming the World
• Taking Care of the Earth
• Part III: As the Dalai Lama
• In 1959 the Dalai Lama Meets the World
• I Appeal to All the Peoples of the World
• Conclusion: I Place My Home in the Human Heart