Human Spirituality and Happiness: A Tribute to Life the Source of Inspirations the Source of Hope the Source of Joy

By Lok Sang Ho

This is a collection consisting largely of poems and Lok- Sang's translation of the Daodejing, the Xin Xin Ming, and the Heart Sutra, plus a number of short passages grouped under the title of The Essence of Spirituality from A to Z. The book brings together the teachings from the west and from the east about how to live a rich, fulfilling life. Carrying the subtitle "a tribute to Life", the author promotes his "happiness formula" LIFE, consisting of Love, Insight, Fortitude, and Engagement, pleading with readers that Life is the only resource we have and that we all need to do the best we can to ensure that its potential can be realized. That is the surest and the only way to gain happiness.

Professor Liah Greenfeld, Boston University:

"Today, when history takes one of its true great turns ....Lok Sang Ho's book appears particularly timely.... It is a book of poetry not only because it contains masterful original renditions of the Song of the Truthful Mind, the Heart Sutra, and most remarkably, the Daodejing of Laozi, but essentially because it seems to feel its way to enlightenment with words, using words as a search-light, rather than a recording medium of ideas and impressions."

Drew Weiss, Clinical Psychiatrist, Carleton College:

"As I read verse 57(of the Daodejing) again, I am reminded of my culture, the clever gadgets in most people's hands today afford access to the world's many great wisdoms and to information essential to becoming a fully engaged member of society. Yet much of what people week and share is rubbish or worse and most seem completely unaware of themselves, the world, or the effects of their clever gadgets. This book is a treasure."

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Aug 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781456788063

Lok Sang Ho

Brought up in Christian schools, Lok-Sang Ho had an early aspiration for spirituality. At University he was exposed to Buddhism, and then the foremost Daoist text the Daodejing. While a graduate student at the University of Toronto he founded the Toronto Buddhist Society and served for a couple of years as the convenor of the Buddhist Federation of Toronto. He is currently a director with the Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada. Lok Sang Ho is a Professor of Economics at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. Two of his books include: Happiness and Public Policy, coedited with Yew-Kwang Ng of Monash University; and Public Policy and the Public Interest, which he authored, and for which Robin Boadway, David Weimer, and Yew-Kwang Ng, foremost scholars in public economics, political science, and welfare economics, respectively, had written forewords.

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