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| Original Title: | The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World |
| ISBN: | 0399185046 (ISBN13: 9780399185045) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Dharamsala |
Dalai Lama XIV
Hardcover | Pages: 354 pages Rating: 4.38 | 29378 Users | 3154 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World |
| Author | : | Dalai Lama XIV |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 354 pages |
| Published | : | October 18th 2016 by Avery (first published September 20th 2016) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Self Help. Spirituality. Philosophy. Religion. Buddhism. Audiobook |
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Two great spiritual masters share their own hard-won wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity.The occasion was a big birthday. And it inspired two close friends to get together in Dharamsala for a talk about something very important to them. The friends were His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The subject was joy. Both winners of the Nobel Prize, both great spiritual masters and moral leaders of our time, they are also known for being among the most infectiously happy people on the planet.
From the beginning the book was envisioned as a three-layer birthday cake: their own stories and teachings about joy, the most recent findings in the science of deep happiness, and the daily practices that anchor their own emotional and spiritual lives. Both the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu have been tested by great personal and national adversity, and here they share their personal stories of struggle and renewal. Now that they are both in their eighties, they especially want to spread the core message that to have joy yourself, you must bring joy to others.
Most of all, during that landmark week in Dharamsala, they demonstrated by their own exuberance, compassion, and humor how joy can be transformed from a fleeting emotion into an enduring way of life.
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Ratings: 4.38 From 29378 Users | 3154 ReviewsAssess Of Books The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
I expected to like this more than I did. There is an old writing rule of "Show, don't tell" and this book, with it's third person narrator describing everything and very much inserted into the thing, is pretty much all tell. And there's a lot of repetition. The overall message is good but frankly a bit light on content.What an absolutely wonderful book. It does not matter what your spiritual beliefs are you cannot help but glean something from reading this book. These two men have the most touching and magnificent friendship. They laugh and tease each other. They enjoy each others thoughts and their ability to understand each other is what makes for such good reading. The book is filled with quotes. One of my favorites is:Gratitude helps us catalog, celebrate and rejoice in each day and each moment before they
Oh, they are rascals! Impish spirits, the both of them, who giggle and joust and tease their way through this late-in-life meeting; evincing in almost every moment the very joy they've gathered to discuss.The friendship of these illustrious men, who've met a mere half dozen times and then only briefly, calls to mind that deep and instantaneous bond so frequently formed by children - back when our hearts were filled with trust and our world with potential companions in adventure. Clearly kindred
How beautiful and true, evoking, and expanding on, ideas which I notice are appearing in many other things I read!The real secret of freedom may simply be extending this brief space between stimulus and response (179). As mentioned in Shantaram - we always have the freedom of choice; of choosing our response based on our attitude. This freedom cannot be taken away from us as it is dictated by our mind and the perspective we take. Thats why in Into the Magic Shop so much stress is put on
Definitely a must read in cultivating a peaceful, joyful and compassionate life. The world needs this book of wisdom, especially now with so much political division going on. These two spiritual teachers, the Dalai Lama XIV and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have wonderful words of wisdom in how to deal with everyday struggles, especially in regards to our personal relationships and the world around us. It doesn't matter what your religious beliefs are or where you are in the world, this book and the
How beautiful and true, evoking, and expanding on, ideas which I notice are appearing in many other things I read!The real secret of freedom may simply be extending this brief space between stimulus and response (179). As mentioned in Shantaram - we always have the freedom of choice; of choosing our response based on our attitude. This freedom cannot be taken away from us as it is dictated by our mind and the perspective we take. Thats why in Into the Magic Shop so much stress is put on
Read this book.I so desperately needed to read this book but I didn't know it until tears were running down my face. Not from sadness, but from the opportunity it presents. Suffering is unavoidable. But practicing joy is a choice that we can control when so much is out of our control. It's a simple concept but potentially life changing nonetheless. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World is self-help in nature with elements of documentary, spiritualism, and world culture. It
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