Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness

Modern life in the rich, industrialized Western world is marked by cynicism - wars are the landmarks in our timelines of history, and our fellow citizens are often viewed as commodities or competitors. but in Tibet, remote and materially undeveloped, the quest for happiness is far less frantic - and far more successful.

What is found in the "enlightenment factories" of Tibet (and earlier, India) that creates such a spirit of fulfillment and joy? And how, in their own quiet, earthshaking way, have these ideas come to change the rest of the world, and to promise an even better tomorrow?

With insight and enthusiasm, Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman explores the minds and methods of the "enlightment scientists" who have followed in the footsteps of the Buddha, offering us not only an intelligent, practical primer, but a wide-ranging look at the course of our civilization and a set of directions that can alter that course, in a revolution so grand and profound it can only come from within.

Author: Robert Thurman

Publisher: Riverhead Books

Released Date: 1999

ISBN: 9781573227193