I can see why Buddhism appeals to so many westerners. The Dalai Lama is a superb ambassador; always calm and smiling, he's untained by scandals and bad television shows. HH also practises what he preaches - non-violence, humility and compassion - and he teaches techniques that appeal to western minds. He even demands doubt, questioning and reasoning. It's exciting to hear a preacher say, 'Don't take my word for it, you must question and question.'
This is also a good faith for those of us oriented to individualism, as it offers a spiritual psychology of self-development. And its central tenet is the one thing us rich western kids can't buy - happiness.
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I'm really surprised by this. Even well-know psychologist Albert Ellis, who is not a religious beliver, mentioned several time in his books about the philosophical and psychological benificial side of Buddhism. Example: In his book "Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (Theories of Psychotherapy)", page19: "The human conditiohly, as the Buddhists said 2,500 years ago, is to be unenlightened and enlightened, never thoroughly and perpetually enlightened." What he refering here is the ability to think about our thinking. More specifically, it's about rational and irrational thinking. So, can scientific thinking remove our emotional misery? His another book, "How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything", gave a really good answer.
YouTube Video: The 12 Hows of Happiness
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