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Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World

2011 essay by Tenzin Gyatso

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ18791365 ↗
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Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World is a 2011 book by the 14th Dalai Lama. It is about the use of secular ethics in everyday life. Those are ethics that can be used by both religious and non-religious people. There are many suggestions about getting rid of destructive emotions and helping other people. In this book the importance of compassion is justified.

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