The Book of Joy

Name: The Book of Joy
Author: Dalai Lama
ISBN: 9780399185045

Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

Written byDalai Lama

In 2015 the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu spent a week together in Dharamshala to celebrate the Dalai Lama's 80th birthday and talk about joy. Written with Douglas Abrams, the book shares their conversations and the eight pillars of joy they discussed.

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Published2016
GenreSpirituality
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01Joy is possible despite suffering
Both men faced exile and injustice, yet chose joy and humour.
02The eight pillars
Perspective, humility, humour, acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, compassion and generosity.
03Compassion helps you too
Caring for others turns out to be one of the best ways to care for yourself.
04Laughter matters
Their friendship shows how humour can lighten even very hard things.
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Joy is possible despite suffering

Both men faced exile and injustice, yet chose joy and humour. Pick one small way to put this into practice before tonight.

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“Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.”

— Dalai Lama

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