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DALAI LAMA
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[ Leader’s Way ]
The Art of Making the Right Decisions
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Copyright © 2009 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Laurens van
den Muyzenberg
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ISBN 978-0-385-52780-4
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Contents
Introduction 1
Pa rt 1: LEADING YOURSELF
1 : Taking the Right View 13
2 : Doing the Right Thing 30
Epilogue 196
Acknowledgments 199
Notes 201
Index 209
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free-market system was more limited. The idea was that I would
brief the Dalai Lama on an economic area and His Holiness
would comment on the issues based on his perspective.
These discussions covered many of the basics of business and
as such had little to do with Buddhism. However, it soon became
clear that the Dalai Lama wanted to understand and see the big
picture—how business fits into society and the true meaning of
“corporate responsibility.” As His Holiness said, “I want a holistic
perspective on business.” After some seven years of meeting with
each other, we had found a way to synthesize the concepts of
Buddhism with those of prominent Western thinkers to cope
better with the dilemmas of business. Hence, this book was born.
The world today faces many challenges. True, our total wealth
has increased enormously and we are benefiting from
technological miracles. But at the same time, billions of people
are living in abject poverty, we face the imminent threat of
environmental disaster, and even those in prosperous nations feel
insecure about the future. Addressing these problems requires a
different kind of leadership, one that sees things as they really
are and seeks to resolve them in a holistic way. That is what this
book is about.
True leaders have the ability to look at an issue from many
perspectives and, based on that expanded view, make the right
decisions. They have a calm, collected, and concentrated mind,
undisturbed by negative thoughts and emotions, trained and
focused. And true leadership recognizes the inevitability of
change, the need for a sense of universal responsibility, and the
importance of combining an economic system with moral values.
That is the leader’s way.
The book is structured progressively: starting with the
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Part 1
[ Leading Yourself ]
The best way for a ruler to reign over his country
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Buddhist view of, 96, 101–2 143, 151, 152, 156, 158, 171,
role in business, 94, 95–97 177, 178–79, 188, 196
Project Shakti, 173–75 applying principles of, 49
property rights, 164–66, 188 benefits of, 41–43
prosperity example of, 88–89
creating, 197 Rosen, Robert H., 24
universal, 191–95 Rothermund, Heinz, 131–32
purpose Royal Dutch/Shell, 76, 121,
clarifying, 78 131–35
organizational, 74–76, 93–94,
105
Santa Fe Institute, 15
satisfaction surveys, 112
reality, accepting, 24, 26–28, 151 satisfaction with life, 2, 3
regulation, in relation to Satyanarayana, Masabathula,
freedom, 177–79 154–55
relationships with other people, scandals, business, 38, 73, 115
42, 104–5 secular ethics, 2
contribution to happiness, seeing reality, 20, 40, 71
2–3 self, Buddhist concept of, 108–9
religious leaders, participation in self-actualization, 106
global business, 1–2 self-centeredness, 17, 19
reputation, 22, 89–90, 96, 115–36 self-confidence, 33, 34–35, 111
respect, 106, 112, 144–45 self-knowledge, 80–81
responsible free-market economy, Seligman, Martin, 110
156, 180–95, 197 Senge, Peter, 15, 103
responsibility shame, 47
link with freedom, 189 Singh, Manmohan, 159–62
universal, 9, 139, 195 Six Perfections, 37–41
Right Conduct, 13, 15–16, 21, 29, Smith, Adam, 185–88
37, 41, 67–68, 73, 77, 79, 104, Smith, James, 132–33
115, 123, 130, 135, 151, 152, socialism, and free market,
156, 179, 188, 196 182–84
applying principles of, 49 socialist economies, 4, 182–84
benefits of, 41–43 social responsibility, 130
Right Livelihood, 36–37, 122 South Korea, 161, 172
Right View, 13, 14, 15–16, 19–29, spiritual teacher, seeking, 52–53
31, 32, 41, 67–68, 71, 73, 77, stakeholders, definition of, 77–78
79, 86, 92, 104, 123, 130, 135, Stutzer, Alois, 110–111
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