The Seed of Compassion

This book contains the real childhood stories of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is the highest spiritual leader of Tibet and a world-renowned peacemaker.

Title: The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 

Author: His Holiness Dalai Lama

Illustration: Bao Luu

Publisher: Puffin 

Dalai Lama has shared with us the important life lessons of peace and compassion. He was born to a family of farmers, his father used to tend horses and he used to help his mother plant seeds on the farm. His mother was not able to send him to school, but she did teach him the art of being compassionate to others. His mother was very kind to their neighbors and helped them during food shortages. Even when his family was not well off, he didn't forgo his duties and passions.

As Dalai Lama says - the ability to make the world a more compassionate and kind place is within each one of us. In his opinion, children are the best possible candidates to make this change in this world. There may be bad attitudes or habits in all of us, but it won't stop us from becoming more kind human beings.

Calming illustrations and simple but powerful sentences make this book worth reading. The pictures in this book are very realistic and colorful, which would spike interest in little kids. The images also convey the simple life that Dalai Lama followed and also reflect the joy people felt just by being near him.

This book can be used as a read-aloud for toddlers and little kids so that they can understand and pursue the lessons given in this book from their very young ages. This would also be an awesome inspiring read for elementary kids. Or rather, in my opinion, all of us (adults included!) can benefit from reading this book. 

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