WAY THE TO FREEDOM DEN Hl/CfNG CON BUCfNG GIAI THOAT by HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA translatedby NGUYEN THUY PHl/CfNG Edition Bi-lingual ENGUSH-VIETNAMESE VIEN TRIET LY VIET NAM VA TRIET HOC THE GICJl DEDICATIONOFMERITS As this book is going to press, we are all stepping into the threshold of the new millenium, the 21st century. To all the endless poverty, famine, chaos, ignorance and misery of mil lions of sentient beings, this book is respectfully dedicated. May peace andprosperitybecomeaneternalcon dition of our earth. May everyone s Buddhanatureprosper. Mayeveryone truly escape the cycle of the rebirth shore to soon reach the other pure shoreoffreedom. HOIHUtfNGC6NGDtJfC Khi quyen sdch nay stfa soan Idn khu6nthittcachungtadludingtien vao nguftng ctfa cua mot ky nguyen mdi:kynguynthtf21. Xin thanh kinhh6i hutfng cong dtfc dn tCfdichphlmnay ta^tcdmoingheo kh6, d6i kh^t, bien dpng, v6 minh va khd dau bat tan cua hang tridu trieu chungsinh. Xinkhln nguy$nde:hoa bmh, thinh vtfdng trd thanh mOt hi^n thtfc thirdng hang cua tinh ciu chung ta; de Phattnhcuamoihffutinhdeu dtfdc bimg vd sung thinh; de7 tat cd chungsanhdludtfdci6trdoxaliabe^n bd lu^n hoi sinh tu* v^ ch6ng dat den canhgidithanhtinhgiaithodt. NGUYENTHUY PHI/0NG Nguy^tTu$Huy THE LIBRARY OF TIBET THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT THE WAY TO FREEDOM by His Holiness The Dalai Lama translated by Nguyen Thuy Phtfcfng Bi-llingual Edition ENGLISH VIETNAMESE - VIEN TRIET LY VIET NAM VA TRIET HOC THE Gldl Buddhist Calendar 2543 Solar Calendar 1999 The Way To Freedom. Copyright 1994 by The Library ofTibet, Inc. Hutfng Den Con DiTdng Giai moat. Copyright 1999 by NguyenThuy Phtfdng All rights reserved. Printed in the United States ofAmerica. No part ofthis book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case ofbriefquotations embodied in critical articles andreviews. Email: [email protected] Library ofCongress Cataloging - in - Publication Data ISBN: 0-9674295-0-1 LOCN: 99-90996 Vien Triet Ly Viet Nam va Triet Hoc The Gidi 424 So. RamonaAve. Monterey Park, CA 91754 USA Phone: (626) 288-5359 Fax: (626) 572-8741 PARTI ENGLISH THE WAY TO FREEDOM