**For the first time ever, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate His Holiness the
Dalai Lama addresses children directly, sharing lessons of peace and
compassion, told through stories of his own childhood.
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One of today's most inspiring world leaders was once an ordinary child
named Lhamo Thondup. In a small village in Tibet, his mother was his
first great teacher of compassion. In everyday moments from his
childhood, young readers begin to see that important lessons are all
around us, and that they, too, can grow to truly understand them.
With simple, powerful text, the Dalai Lama shares the universalist
teachings of treating one another with compassion, which Bao Luu
illustrates beautifully in vibrant color. In an increasingly confusing
world, The Seed of Compassion offers guidance and encouragement on how
we all might bring more kindness to it.