Everyone wants happiness and doesn’t want suffering

“Everyone wants happiness and doesn’t want suffering.”

I’m amused about the way profound thoughts can be so deceptively simple at first blush. As an executive coach and conflict consultant, I love the elegant simplicity.

Of course, I said to myself as I read Jeffrey Hopkins words, of course. Then I began to muse about the implications of his simple statement and the depths made themselves visible.

Buddhist scholar and author Jeffrey Hopkins served for a decade as chief interpreter for the Dalai Lama. He’s professor emeritus of Tibetan and Buddhist studies at the University of Virginia and his newest book, A Truthful Heart, is presently gracing my nightstand. [Read more]